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Part 3: Skirmish at Kg. Ulu Slim, 7 January 1942, 9.00am

The Battle of the Slim River was fought on the early morning of 7 January 1942 between the opposing forces of the British 11th Indian Division and the Japanese Imperial Army (IJA), 5th Division. This battle was a tragedy for the British Army, largely due to the weak leadership of the Malaya Command in devising a strong defensive strategy to halt the swift advance of the Japanese 25th Army, led by Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, from northern Malaya. The British Army lost around 6,000 men and half of their equipment at Slim River. Furthermore, the conclusion of the battle the next day deemed the 11th Indian Division as an ineffective fighting force. This situation paved the way for the Japanese 25th Army to take Kuala Lumpur, Malaya's capital, within just three days. In this third episode, I will bring all my viewers to the area defended by the 5th/ 2 Punjab Battalion. Apart from the Battle of Muar, which occurred from 14 January to 22 January 1942, the gallant effort of the British soldiers (be it Indian, Australian, Malay) engaging enemy tanks was rarely talked about when discussing the Malayan Campaign. This episode will explain in length the courageous action of the Punjabis to stop the Japanese tanks' advance on the morning of 7 January 1942 at Trolak. #BattleofSlimRiver1942 #SlimRiver1942 #PunjabiSoldiersinMalaya #Malaya1942 #BattleofMalaya #TrolakPerak The location in this video was: 1. 5th/ 2 Punjab unit defensive position (3.914054, 101.349835) starts at milestone 61, which I labelled as marker site no. 3; References were: 1. Moon Over Malaya: A Tale of Argylls and Marines written by Jonathan Moffatt & Audrey Holmes McCormick published by Tempus Publishing Limited (2003); 2. Singapore: the Japanese version written by Lt. Col. Masanobu Tsuji published by Constable and Company Ltd. (London), (1960); 3. The Malayan Campaign: The Fall of Singapore - 90 Days: November 1941 - February 1942 written by Justin Corfield and Robin Corfield, published by Talisman Publishing Pte. Ltd. (2012); 4. Malaya and Singapore, 1941 - 1942 written by Mark Stille, published by Osprey Publishing Ltd. (2016); 5. Battle for Malaya: The Indian Army Defeat (1941 - 1942), Twentieth-Century Battles, written by Roy Kaushik, published by Indiana University Press (2019); 6. Malaya 1942 written by Brian Farrell & Garth Pratten, published by Australian Army Campaign Series - 5 - Australian Army Unit, (2009); 7. The Defence and Fall of Singapore written by Brian P. Farrel, published by Moonson Books Ltd. (2019); 8. Archibald Wavell: The Life and Times of an Imperial Servant written by Adrian Fort, published by Jonathan Cape London (2009); 9. Battlefield Study Guide: Malaya Campaign 1941-1942 (Second Edition, Nov 2021) written by W02 Paul Knapp and Lt. Col. Ross Cable, published by 2nd/ 30 Training Group - Rifle Company Butterworth; 10. The War in Malaya written by Lt. Gen. Arthur E. Percival, published by London Eyre & Spottiswoode (1949); 11. The History of the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) [Volume II: 1920 - 1947] written by Brigadier E. V. R. Bellers, published by Gale & Polden Ltd. (1956); 12. Singapore: Too little, too late written by Brigadier Sir Ivan Simson, published by Leo Cooper Ltd. (1970); and 13. Malaya and Singapore 1941-42: The fall of Britain's empire in the East written by Mark Stille, published by Osprey Publishing Ltd. (2016); 14. Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II written by Colin Smith, published by Penguin Books (2006); 15. Malay Nationalism before UMNO: The Memoirs of Mustapha Hussain written by Mustapha Hussain, published by Utusan Publishers and Distributors (2005); and 16. Eastern Epic, Volume I, September 1939 to March 1943 Defence written by Compton MacKenzie, published by Chatto & Windus (1951). The music in this video is: 1. Malicious by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/); 2. Rynos Theme by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/); 3. Black Vortex by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/); 4. Stay the Course by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/); and 5. Crusade by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/).