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Kedah Jitra
 Major battle site littered with pillboxes strewn in a wide area from Jitra down to Alor Setar. The pillbox is used to protect Alor Setar airfield but in December 1941, all of these were submerged under water due to tropical rains and it hampered British 11th Indian Division defences when Japanese started their attack from Thai-Malay borders.


Asun. A small peaceful town but in 11/12/1941, 2/1st Gurkhas were overrun here. A small platoon of 2/1st Gurkhas managed to stop Japanese tanks using their Boys A/T rifles.

  


Changlun. A major point of Japanese to run south and captured Jitra. A small detachment of 1/14 Punjab were overrun when Japanese tanks penetrate their anti-tank defences under heavy rain.
     

Jitra Lines located 5 miles north of Jitra where Japanese tanks penetrated this position at 11/12/1941.		  
Jitra town. A busy town but in 1941, it was littered with abandoned British equipment and guns.

Most of British forward position at Changlun and Asun were quickly overrun by Japanese and soon they developed a fast deadly attack on the frontal side of Jitra defence lines. Most of left and right flank of British were isolated and few of these men manage to evade captured. At this stage, Japanese use tank to penetrate British anti-tank roadblocks. British leave Jitra in a hurry and leave so much ammunition, equipment to Japanese and leave Alor Setar airfield open to Japanese.


 A lone pillbox still guarding a road to Alor Setar and it is still submerged under water		  
Another pillbox guarding a road and alor setar airfield but also submerged.

 
Gurun
 Located 30miles south of Jitra, Gurun was chosen as a second defence line for British. Gurun lay strategically important to British since it was a major line down to Malay peninsular. After several Japanese pincer attack to Gurun and Japanese manage to ambush 2nd East Surreys & 6th Indian Brigade which their commanding officers and staff were killed in the attack. British abandoned Gurun and speed down to Sungai Muda for another defence.

 Gurun. Another disaster for British 11th Indian Division. 		 
Gurun. Where Japanese make a flanking move ambushing and killing 6th Indian Brigade & 2nd East Surreys HQ staff together with their commanding officers.

 
Sungai Petani
 Sungai Petani had another airfield and protect by several pillboxes. Did have significant role to British but was abandoned when Gurun fell to Japanese.

 
    Alor Setar
 A major town for State of Kedah, Alor Setar was undefended when Jitra fell. Most of the British forces retreated south of Sungai Kedah leaving Alor Setar to its fate. Most of street fighting between Japanese and retreating British forced occured and some of them were trapped when a railway bridge was demolished.

 Sungai Kedah where most retreating British were dug in on the left side riverbanks.		  
Remnants of bridge which demolished by British still found near Sungai Kedah

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

   

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