The Battle of Jitra 1941: Storm of Steel Military History
94After the Japanese landings in Malaya one of the first confrontations between the British Army and the Imperial Japanese Army was at Jitra on the 11th and 12th of December 1941. Find out more about this little known battle in this video.
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