commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Takurō Matsui

Japanese military personnel (1887–1969)

Takurō Matsui is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1941 and 1942: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Malaysia (4), Singapore (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 671 km apart end to end, 168 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (5).

5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Pacific War 5

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	From the last	Result
11 December 1941	Battle of Jitra	Jitra, Malaysia		Japanese victory
1941	Battle of Kampar	Kampar, Malaysia	233 km S	Allied victory
6 January 1942	Battle of Slim River	Slim River, Malaysia	32 km SE	Japanese victory
1942	Battle of Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	109 km SE	Japanese victory
1942	Battle of Sarimbun Beach	Western Water Catchment, Singapore	296 km SE	Japanese victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.