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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... Indian officers who had expected to be treated like their British counterparts of the same rank were often offended ... Brigade , deployed late in 1939. The 12th Brigade's British infantry unit was the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland ...
... Indian officers who had expected to be treated like their British counterparts of the same rank were often offended ... Brigade , deployed late in 1939. The 12th Brigade's British infantry unit was the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland ...
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... Troops : 3rd Cavalry , 137th and 155th Field Regiments , 80th Anti- Tank Regiment . 6th Indian Brigade : 22nd Mountain Regiment , 2nd East Surrey , 1 / 8th Punjab , 2 / 16th Punjab . 12th Indian Brigade : 2nd Argyll and Sutherland ...
... Troops : 3rd Cavalry , 137th and 155th Field Regiments , 80th Anti- Tank Regiment . 6th Indian Brigade : 22nd Mountain Regiment , 2nd East Surrey , 1 / 8th Punjab , 2 / 16th Punjab . 12th Indian Brigade : 2nd Argyll and Sutherland ...
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... Indian Brigade , ' Report on Operations of the 11th Indian Division in Kedah and Perak ' , p . 11 ; WO 172/18 , Malaya Command , December 1941 , appendices Y. Y and F 3 . 7. WO 172/117 , 15th Indian Brigade , 9/12/1941 ; WO 172/18 ...
... Indian Brigade , ' Report on Operations of the 11th Indian Division in Kedah and Perak ' , p . 11 ; WO 172/18 , Malaya Command , December 1941 , appendices Y. Y and F 3 . 7. WO 172/117 , 15th Indian Brigade , 9/12/1941 ; WO 172/18 ...
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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