Singapore 1942: Britain's Greatest DefeatBased on original records, this work shows what went wrong and how an outnumbered and poorly equipped Japanese invasion force swept to victory against a mixed army of British, Australian and Indian soldiers, changing Britain's imperial destiny and the course of the Second World War. |
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... Australian troops arrived at Singapore on the Queen Mary the 22nd Brigade of the 8th Division . Australia was one of the Dominions of the British Empire , and had immediately followed Britain into war with Germany in September 1939. To ...
... Australian troops arrived at Singapore on the Queen Mary the 22nd Brigade of the 8th Division . Australia was one of the Dominions of the British Empire , and had immediately followed Britain into war with Germany in September 1939. To ...
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... Australian Division's sector was in Johore state . A great deal of time was devoted to weapons training , field craft and tactics . With less of an emphasis on drill and turnout , the discipline of an Australian unit depended on ...
... Australian Division's sector was in Johore state . A great deal of time was devoted to weapons training , field craft and tactics . With less of an emphasis on drill and turnout , the discipline of an Australian unit depended on ...
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... Australian government agreed to let the main body of the 6th Division join the garrison of Ceylon to sooth imperial relations . ) 38 Australian troops would doubtless have been a valuable improvised addition to a desperate British ...
... Australian government agreed to let the main body of the 6th Division join the garrison of Ceylon to sooth imperial relations . ) 38 Australian troops would doubtless have been a valuable improvised addition to a desperate British ...
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The Rise of the Japanese Empire | 11 |
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Preparations for | 39 |
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11th Indian Division 15th Brigade 18th Division 2/18th Battalion 2/20th Battalion 22nd Brigade aerodrome afternoon aircraft Alor Star anti-tank guns arrived artillery attack Australian Bakri battle Bennett bombers bombs bridge Brigade's headquarters British Brooke-Popham Bukit Timah Captain casualties China Chinese Churchill coast convoy December defence Division's East February Field Regiment fighting fire flank Force Z Galleghan Gurkhas Gurun Harrison Heath Imperial Guards Indian Brigade infantry January Japan Japanese force Japanese troops Jats Jitra Johore Strait jungle killed Kirby Kota Bharu Kuala Lumpur Kuantan landing later Layang Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General London machine gun Malay Malaya Command Malayan Campaign Maxwell miles military Muar Murray-Lyon naval night officers Percival Papers Percival's perimeter Phillips Punjabis railway retreat Rifles rubber senior ships Singapore Island Singora Slim River soldiers South-East Asia Squadron staff Sungei Trunk Road Tsuji units Wavell Westforce withdraw wounded XXV Army Yamashita Yong Peng