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The Japanese Air Force had more men and was well trained and better equipped than the British Commonwealth pilots who had inferior equipment without any good training. The main Japanese fighter, the [[Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero]] helped the Japanese forces gain an upper hand.
The Japanese Air Force had more men and was well trained and better equipped than the British Commonwealth pilots who had inferior equipment without any good training. The main Japanese fighter, the [[Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero]] helped the Japanese forces gain an upper hand.
Three days after the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], the battleship HMS ''Prince of Wales'' and the battlecruiser ''Repulse'', attempted to intercept the Japanese amphibious forces off of Malaya. They were located by planes of several IJN air groups off the eastern coast of the peninsula, and subjected to multiple attacks, the third of which left both capital ships sinking. With their demise, the road to Singapore lay open.
On 8 December at 4 AM, Japanese aircraft began bombing Singapore.
On 8 December at 4 AM, Japanese aircraft began bombing Singapore.