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- 1 2 Bayly; Christopher Alan, Harper, Timothy Norman (2007). Forgotten Wars: Freedom and Revolution in Southeast Asia . United States: Harvard University. ISBN 9780674021532.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ JAPANESE SIGN THE SURRENDER OF PENANG ABOARD HMS NELSON (3/9/1945), Colonial Film, 3 September 1945, retrieved 12 June 2011
- ↑ H.M.S. Attacker
- ↑ H.M.S. Hunter