マレー沖おき海かい戦せん

noun

Naval Battle off Malaya (Dec 10, 1941)

Historical term for the WWII naval engagement in which the British battleship Prince of Wales and battlecruiser Repulse were sunk by Japanese aircraft off the coast of Malaya.

• マレー沖おき海かい戦せんは、1941年ねん12月がつ10日かにマレー半はん島とう東とう方ほう沖おきで行おこなわれた。

  The Naval Battle off Malaya took place on December 10, 1941, off the east coast of the Malay Peninsula.