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East Try, West Try. First they attacked Malaya's east coast. This attack had just two foci and two aims. Beachheads were established at Kota Bahru, in the extreme northeast, and at Kuantan, about 200 miles north of Singapore. These two places are the keys to east coast transportation, Kota Bahru being the only rail-sea junction along the whole coast, Kuantan the only highway-sea junction, except in the extreme south...
...transportation. They were: 1) to reduce the principal British airdrome on the east coast and get a foothold for air attack; 2) to draw as much British defensive strength as possible to the east. At least at Kota Bahru the first aim was achieved. By this week the Kuantan landing had not yet amounted to much. It was not clear how far the British let themselves be sucked in by the second...