Battle of Kranji (9 Feb 1942)

Remember the battle of Pasir Panjang on my previous post. After the battle of the Sarimbun Beach at Pasir Panjang, the Japanese next objective was to secure a second beachhead which was to breach the Jurong-Kranji defence line to enter the city of Singapore. During the battle of Kranji, the Japanese suffered a heavy lost of soldiers which caused panic and nearly aborted the mission but that doesn't they were willing to give up easily. Despite heavy losses, they have a strategic mind and were able to over coming British due to the British having some miscommunications with their allies which the Japanese took advantage and took them all down and this led to the fall of Singapore.

Map of events that happened during the battle of Kranji (Above)

When the Japanese landed on 9 Feb 1942, their objective was to capture Kranji village so they would be able to repair the causeway linked from Malaya to Singapore so that warfare vehicles such as tanks and supplies can enter Singapore because the British blew up the causeway to delay the Japanese some time to plan their counterattack.

On 10 Feb 1942, the day where the Japanese suffered the heaviest of men while crossing the Kranji River to reach Singapore where the British heavily fire at the Japanese and also set-up oil slicks on the river to burn up the Japanese to death while crossing the river. Supposedly the Japanese wanted to abort but because of the miscommunications that the British were suffering, they took advantage and were able to capture Woodlands and began repairing the causeway

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kranji (Source and image)

 Date accessed: 17 Feb 2013