 In October 1940, 2/10th Baluch was dispatched to Malaya in anticipation of the impending war with Japan.On 8 December 1941, Japan invaded Malaya and rapidly overran the British forces, who surrendered on Singapore Island on 15 February 1942.Among the Allied Prisoners of War was 2/10th Baluch, who had given an excellent account of themselves despite the Allied defeat.