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The video traces the advancement of Japanese forces from their first landing in Kota Bharu to the capture of Johore. Japanese interest in Malaya began when Britain, Holland and the United States started imposing economic sanctions on Japan. Starved and hungry for raw materials, Japan needed and wanted Malaya for its very rich tin and rubber resources. The documentary also introduces the major defense planners and Japan's defence strategies for Malaya.

Archival video resources courtesy of Autralian War Memorial, Japan Film Commission. Photographs courtesy of Imperial War Museum, Koninklijk Instituut Voor De Tropen, Lim Kheng Chye, National Archives of Singapore.