battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Jitra

Battle of Jitra was a battle fought on 11 December 1941 at Jitra, in what is now Malaysia. It was part of Q1648564. The recorded result: Japanese victory.

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Record

Date	11 December 1941
Place	Jitra, Malaysia 6.268N, 100.422E
Part of	Q1648564
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Result	Japanese victory
Belligerents	British Empire; British Raj	Empire of Japan
Commanders	David Murray-Lyon	Takurō Matsui
Casualties and losses	26+ killed; 350+ killed	6 tanks destroyed; 1+ tank damaged; 27 killed; 83 wounded

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Gurun 1941, 51 km
Battle of Penang 1914, 93 km
Action of 11 January 1944 1944, 111 km
Siege of Patani 1632, 113 km
Action of 13 November 1943 1943, 116 km

In the same war

After: Battle of Slim River 6 January 1942

Elsewhere in 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
Battle of Crete Greece
Battle of Kiev Ukraine

Battle of Jitra is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 16 in present-day Malaysia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871343, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jitra, revision 1370444314, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.