History and Culture
On December 8, 1941 local time, just before the December 7 (Hawaii time) Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese army landed here, near Songkhla, Thailand, and Kota Bharu, Malayasia, thus beginning the Pacific War, and launching both the invasion of Thailand and the Malayan campaign, the latter which culminated in the capture of Singapore.
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