Force Z
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Two World War II military groups were called Force Z
- An Allied force attached to General Sir Archibald Wavell's Middle East Command in 1941, consisting of Nos. 7, 8, and 11 Commando, along with the locally raised Combined Middle East Commando. The force was later renamed "Layforce" after their commander Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Laycock.
- An Allied naval detachment consisting of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, and four destroyers, sent to intercept Japanese landings in Malaya. Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk by Japanese air attack on 10 December 1941.
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