{"html":"  \u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-images\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-image js-timeline-anchor timeline-anchor \"\n        style=\"background-image: url(https://digitize-vwma.s3.amazonaws.com/I/images/37403/photo/zoom_303495.JPG)\"\u003e\n      \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-description with-image\"\u003e\n  \u003ch4 class=\"js-timeline-anchor timeline-anchor\"\u003eRAN Operations - \u0026#39;SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43\u0026#39;\u003c/h4\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eRAN operations in the Pacific spanned a range of 'campaigns'; the others are listed below.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalaya Singapore 1941\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith the entry of Japan into the pacific War following the attack on Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941, RAN units based in Singapore found themslves in action early on, following the Japanese amphibious landings at Kota Baru on Malay's north east coast that took place concurrently with Pearl Harbour.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThings went from bad to worse very quickly, following the calamitous loss of the two Royal Navy Capital ships HMS\u003cem\u003e Prince of Wales\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRepulse\u003c/em\u003e to Japanese air attack off the east coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent under Development\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \"HMAS Sydney Nov 1941\"\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fall of Singapore\"\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"Battles of Java Sea and Sunda Strait\"\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"Coral Sea 1942\",\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"Savo Island 1942\",\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"Guadalcanal 1942\",\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"New Guinea 1942–44\",\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"}