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|conflict =Battle of Gurun<br />
|partof =the [[Battle of Malaya]], [[World War II]]<br />
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|caption =Map of the Malayan Peninsula. Gurun is situated in the state of [[Kedah]] (top left)<br />
|date = 14–16 December 1941<br />
|place =[[Gurun, Kedah]], [[British Malaya|Malaya]]<br />
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* Japanese victory<br />
* Destruction of [[6th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br />
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|combatant1 ={{flagicon|British India|23px}} [[Indian 11th Infantry Division|11th Indian Division]]<br />
|combatant2 ={{flagicon|Empire of Japan|23px}} [[5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|5th Infantry Division]]<br />
|commander1 ={{flagicon|United Kingdom|23px}} [[David Murray-Lyon]]<br />
|commander2 ={{flagicon|Empire of Japan|23px}} [[Takuma Nishimura]]<br />
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The '''Battle of Gurun''' was a minor engagement between the Japanese and Commonwealth forces during the [[Malayan Campaign]] of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. The battle occurred when the [[Indian 11th Infantry Division|11th Indian Division]] attempted to slow down the Japanese advance after the disastrous [[Battle of Jitra]] at a position 3 miles north of the village of [[Gurun, Kedah|Gurun]].<br />
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== Background ==<br />
General Percival gave permission to Major-General [[David Murray-Lyon|Murray-Lyon]] to withdraw from the Jitra position after just a few days of fighting. Murray-Lyon believed he was under attack from far greater forces than he actually was and also believed that his line of retreat was threatened by the failure of [[Operation Krohcol|Krohcol]] to stop the Japanese advance from [[Patani (region)|Patani]]. Murray-Lyon was given permission to withdraw {{convert|30|mi|km|abbr=on}} south to unprepared positions at Gurun. The terrain at Gurun offered a natural defensive obstacle for the British to use in the hope of stopping the Japanese advance.<br />
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The retreat from Jitra, though, was a disorganised shambles that cost the division more casualties than they had incurred during the Battle of Jitra itself. Many units were left behind at Jitra when the order to withdraw did not reach them, but many more men and whole platoons and companies were lost trying to cross the Bata River and in the broken terrain south of Jitra. Some of these men would eventually make it back to British lines, many more were captured or killed.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Refbegin}}<br />
* {{cite book|last=Owen |first=Frank |title=The Fall of Singapore |year=2001 |origyear=1960 |publisher=Penguin |location=London |isbn=978-0-14-139133-5 }}<br />
* {{cite book | title = Singapore Burning | author = Smith, Colin | publisher = Penguin Books | year = 2006 | location = England | isbn = 978-0-14-101036-6 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Peter |title=The Battle for Singapore: The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II| year=2005 |publisher=Portrait |location=London |isbn=0-7499-5085-4}}<br />
* {{cite book | title = Britain's Greatest Defeat&nbsp;– Singapore 1942 | author = Warren, Alan | publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group | year = 2006 | isbn = 1-85285-597-5 }}<br />
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[[Category:Conflicts in 1941]]<br />
[[Category:World War II operations and battles of the Southeast Asia Theatre]]<br />
[[Category:Battles of World War II involving Japan]]<br />
[[Category:Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Battles and operations of World War II]]<br />
[[Category:Military history of Malaya during World War II]]<br />
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