Order of Battle
8 February 1942
Axis - Empire of Japan
25th Army (Lieutenant General Yamashita Tomoyuki) (Nb: Following convention, Japanese names here are given surname first followed by given name)
5th Division (Lieutenant General Matsui Takuro)
Eight independent anti-tank companies
3rd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment
3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Takasu Katsutoshi)
21st Heavy Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Trench Mortar Battalion
5th Trench Mortar Battalion
14th Independent Mortar Battalion
17th Field Air Defence Units (four field anti-aircraft battalions)
Three independent field anti-aircraft companies
1st Balloon Company
4th Engineer Regiment
15th Engineer Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Yokoyama Yosuke)
23rd Engineer Regiment
5th Independent Heavy Bridging Company
21st Bridging Material Company
22nd Bridging Material Company
27th Bridging Material Company
10th River Crossing Material Company
15th River Crossing Material Company
21st River Crossing Company
2nd Field Military Police Unit
2nd Railway Unit (two railway regiments, one railway material depot, two railway station office units and two special railway operating units)
25th Army Signal Unit (one telegraph regiment, one independent wire company, three independent wireless platoons and five stationary wireless units)
Lines of Communication Troops
Four LOC sector units
Eight independent motor transport battalions
Twelve independent motor transport companies
Two horse transport units
Ten land service companies
Five construction service companies
Survey, water, road, construction, ordanance and medical units
Allies - Armies of the Commonwealth of Nations
Malaya Command (Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival
Axis - Empire of Japan
25th Army (Lieutenant General Yamashita Tomoyuki) (Nb: Following convention, Japanese names here are given surname first followed by given name)
5th Division (Lieutenant General Matsui Takuro)
- 9th Infantry Brigade (Major General Kawamura Saburo)
- 11th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Watanabe Tsunahiko)
- 41st Infantry Regiment (Colonel Okabe Kanichi)
- 21st Infantry Brigade (Major General Sugiura Eikichi)
- 21st Infantry Regiment (Colonel Harada Noriyoshi)
- 42nd Infantry Regiment (Colonel Ando Tadao)
- 23rd Infantry Brigade (Major General Takumi Hiroshi)
- 55th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Koba Hiroshi)
- 56th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Nasu Yoshiyo)
- 35th Infantry Brigade (Major General Kawaguchi Kiyotake)
- 3rd Guards Regiment
- 4th Guards Regiment
- 5th Guards Regiment
- 1st Tank Regiment (Colonel Mukaida)
- 31 Type 97 Chi-Ha
- 17 Type 95 Ha-Go
- 6th Tank Regiment (Colonel Kawamura)
- 25 Type 97 Chi-Ha
- 12 Type 95 Ha-Go
- 14th Tank Regiment (Colonel Kita)
- 45 Type 95 Ha-Go
Eight independent anti-tank companies
3rd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment
3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment
18th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Takasu Katsutoshi)
21st Heavy Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Trench Mortar Battalion
5th Trench Mortar Battalion
14th Independent Mortar Battalion
17th Field Air Defence Units (four field anti-aircraft battalions)
Three independent field anti-aircraft companies
1st Balloon Company
4th Engineer Regiment
15th Engineer Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Yokoyama Yosuke)
23rd Engineer Regiment
5th Independent Heavy Bridging Company
21st Bridging Material Company
22nd Bridging Material Company
27th Bridging Material Company
10th River Crossing Material Company
15th River Crossing Material Company
21st River Crossing Company
2nd Field Military Police Unit
2nd Railway Unit (two railway regiments, one railway material depot, two railway station office units and two special railway operating units)
25th Army Signal Unit (one telegraph regiment, one independent wire company, three independent wireless platoons and five stationary wireless units)
Lines of Communication Troops
Four LOC sector units
Eight independent motor transport battalions
Twelve independent motor transport companies
Two horse transport units
Ten land service companies
Five construction service companies
Survey, water, road, construction, ordanance and medical units
Allies - Armies of the Commonwealth of Nations
Malaya Command (Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival