Japanese 1941-1942

By mattybomb22
  • Period: to

    Japanese advancing

  • Malaya invasion

    Japan land in Malaya and attack it as well as Singapore. British troops defend

  • Timor attack

    The Japanese attack Timor. Aussie and Dutch troops resist the attack

  • Rabaul captured

    The capital of Australian controlled territory in PNG is captured

  • Port Moresby Bombing

    Japanese bomb Port Moresby

  • British surrender

    British troops lose fights in Malaya and singapore

  • Timor surrender

    1000 Aussie and Dutch troops surrender in Timor.

  • Bad day for Australia

    HMAS Perth sunk and 3000 Aussies taken prisoner during a quick time in Java

  • Japanese conquerers

    By the end of March the Japanese had conquered many countries including Papua New Guinea and Netherland New Indies