Tiger of Malaya

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Tiger of Malaya is the famous wartime nickname of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita, noted for his rapid conquest of British Malaya and Singapore during World War II.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf general
human
military officer
nickname
appliedTo Tomoyuki Yamashita NERFINISHED
associatedConflict Pacific War
associatedTheater Battle of Singapore
Battle of Malaya
surface form: "Malayan Campaign"
conflict World War II
surface form: "Second World War"

World War II
countryOfCitizenship Japan
countryOfContext Japan
language English
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army
nickname Tiger of Malaya
notableEvent surrender of British forces in Singapore
notableFor capturing Singapore in 1942
commanding Japanese forces in the Malayan Campaign
rapid conquest of British Malaya
rapid conquest of Singapore
occupation army officer
military commander
opponent South East Asia Command
surface form: "Allied forces in Southeast Asia"

British Empire
partOf Imperial Japanese Army
rank general
refersTo Tomoyuki Yamashita NERFINISHED
theaterOfOperations British Malaya
Singapore
usedDuring World War II

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tomoyuki Yamashita nickname Tiger of Malaya
Tiger of Malaya nickname Tiger of Malaya
subject surface form: "Tomoyuki Yamashita"
Yamashita Tomoyuki nickname Tiger of Malaya
this entity surface form: "The Tiger of Malaya"
Yamashita Tomoyuki nickname Tiger of Malaya
山下 奉文 nickname Tiger of Malaya
this entity surface form: "The Tiger of Malaya"

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