Malaya Command

The Malaya Command was a command of British Commonwealth forces formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of British Malaya. With the independence of Malaya on 31 August 1957 the command was disbanded and succeeded by Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces (Malaya).

Malaya Command in Days of Infamy
The Malaya Command came under attack in December 1941 when Japan entered World War II. The campaign for Malaya got off to a rocky start with the sinking of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales capital ships. The situation on land was no better as the Japanese Army rapidly pushed them down the Malayan peninsular and into Singapore. They surrendered not long afterwords.

Malaya Command in Southern Victory
The Malaya Command was a relative quite post until 1943, when Japan turned agianst the British and went after their Pacific empire. Fighting a lossing war in Europe, England wasn't able to offer much to the Malaya Command and they were soundly defeated.