Let's Play Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China, Mission Five - Malaya'd Flat

On December 8th, 1941, less than an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbor on the other side of the International Date Line, Japanese forces invaded Malaya. Resistance came in the form of undermanned and outgunned British, Indian, Australian, and New Zealand forces.


Unlike how the in-game mission plays out, historically this was a disastrous invasion for the Allied forces. Japan held total air supremacy from the start of the invasion, and the Buffalos, Blenheims, and Vildebeasts arrayed against them proved woefully ineffective at stopping the landings, much less providing much air support once the landings had been accomplished and Japanese troops were ashore. The entire defense of Malaya was over by the end of January, 1942.