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At the time, Penang was part of the Straits Settlements, a British Crown colony. Penang is an island off the west coast of Malaya, now the present day Malaysia. It is only a short distance from the mainland. The main town of Penang, George Town, is on a harbour. In the early months of the war, it was heavily used by Allied naval and merchant ...
Between 1944 and 1945, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted bombing and mining missions against Japanese-occupied Penang.Carried out by long-range bombers based in India, the raids aimed to disrupt maritime shipping in the northern Strait of Malacca and the use of Penang's harbour as an Axis submarine base.
Malacca Museum Corporation (Malay: Perbadanan Muzium Melaka, PERZIM) Aborigines Museum; Agricultural Museum; Beauty Museum; Chitty Museum; Democratic Government Museum; Education Museum
Penang fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on 19 December 1941, marking the start of a period of Japanese occupation. [85] [89] Penang Island was renamed Tojo-to, after the Japanese Prime Minister at the time, Hideki Tojo. [88] George Town's harbour facilities were also put to use as a major Axis submarine base in Southeast Asia. [90] [91] [92] [93]
The Cenotaph is a war memorial in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Constructed in 1929, the memorial commemorates Allied servicemen who lost their lives during World War I . Located at the city's Esplanade , it serves as a venue for Remembrance Day ceremonies.
'Malacca Warrior Monument for the Chinese victims as a result of opposing Japanese colonisation' [b]) is a monument at Bukit Cina in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It was built to commemorate the Chinese victims of the Japanese occupation of Malacca as part of the British Straits Settlements during World War II and was unveiled officially by ...
Fort Cornwallis is a bastion fort in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, built by the British East India Company in the late 18th century. Named after the then Lieutenant-General The 2nd Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805), the Governor-General of Bengal at the time of the fort's construction, it is the largest standing fort in Malaysia.
During World War II, it was occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945. Following the disbandment of the Straits Settlements in the aftermath of World War II, Penang and Malacca evolved into Crown colonies within the Federation of Malaya, while Singapore transformed into an individual Crown colony distinct from Malaya. [2]