World War 2

Before the war,the Japanese set up their spies services in Malaya and Singapore to provide information on British defence and readiness.They then planned on how to defeat the British in the event of a conflict.But the British had underestimated the Japanese,they thought that he Japanese airforce,army and navy were inferior but the Japanese proved them wrong.Their army had modern airforce and naval fleet.The Japanese fighter planes destroyed about half of the British planes,which were old and outdated.
The battle of Malaya,8 December 1941-31 January 1942 was a very fruitful victory to the Japanese and they prepared to invade Singapore.