The Malaya campaign was the first stage of the Japanese move south to secure valuable natural resources. The plan involved landings in southern Thailand and northern Malaya, then approaching the British stronghold of Singapore overland through the Malaya peninsula. General Yamashita's 14th Army succeeded in completing the campaign ahead of schedule in only ten weeks, capturing valuable supplies and over 130,000 Allied prisoners of war. Japanese losses amounted to approximately 3,500 men killed in action.

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