Battle of Muar

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Muar was a major World War II engagement in January 1942 during the Japanese invasion of Malaya, where Allied forces made a determined but ultimately unsuccessful stand on the Malay Peninsula.

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Battle of Muar canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Bakri ⓘ
belligerent Australian Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
characterizedBy Allied defensive stand ⓘ
encirclement of Allied forces ⓘ
intense fighting along Muar River ⓘ
combatType land battle ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
British India ⓘ
British Malaya ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

United Kingdom ⓘ
date January 1942 ⓘ
endDate 1942-01-22 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Singapore ⓘ
hasCommander Duncan Maxwell ⓘ
Gordon Bennett ⓘ
Herbert Duncan Moorhead ⓘ
Kiyotake Kawaguchi ⓘ
Takuma Nishimura ⓘ
involvesMilitaryUnit 2/18th Battalion (Australia) ⓘ
2/19th Battalion (Australia) ⓘ
2/29th Battalion (Australia) ⓘ
45th Indian Infantry Brigade ⓘ
65th Indian Brigade ⓘ
8th Australian Division ⓘ
Japanese 18th Division ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japanese Army 18th Division

Japanese 5th Division ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japanese Army 5th Division

Royal Regiment of Artillery ⓘ
surface form: Royal Artillery units
location Johor ⓘ
Malay Peninsula ⓘ
British Malaya ⓘ
surface form: Malaya

Muar ⓘ
notableEvent Bakri crossroads action ⓘ
Muar massacre ⓘ
surface form: Parit Sulong massacre
outcome Allied retreat ⓘ
partOf Battle of Malaya ⓘ
surface form: Japanese invasion of Malaya

Battle of Malaya ⓘ
surface form: Malayan Campaign
precededBy Battle of Gemas ⓘ
result Japanese victory ⓘ
startDate 1942-01-14 ⓘ
strategicObjective Delay Japanese advance toward Singapore ⓘ
theatre Pacific War ⓘ
South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Battle of Malaya → notableEngagement → Battle of Muar ⓘ
Muar massacre → relatedEvent → Battle of Muar ⓘ
Battle of Slim River → followedBy → Battle of Muar ⓘ
Japanese 25th Army → engagement → Battle of Muar ⓘ