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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Page 135
... tanks blazed away at random and the Hyderabads ' single anti - tank gun was soon put out of action . There was nothing to stop them . Some Japanese tanks used an abandoned section of an old road to make further progress into the rear of ...
... tanks blazed away at random and the Hyderabads ' single anti - tank gun was soon put out of action . There was nothing to stop them . Some Japanese tanks used an abandoned section of an old road to make further progress into the rear of ...
Page 157
... anti - tank guns . A road - block made of concrete pylons was between the guns and the cutting . The road was bordered by undergrowth and rubber trees in neat rows , with lush , green jungle beyond . The anti - tank gunners were visited ...
... anti - tank guns . A road - block made of concrete pylons was between the guns and the cutting . The road was bordered by undergrowth and rubber trees in neat rows , with lush , green jungle beyond . The anti - tank gunners were visited ...
Page 158
... tanks were disabled or damaged . The surviving Japanese tank crewmen retreated on foot and their tanks fell silent . The whole action had taken less than an hour . The leading anti - tank gun had only four shells left , and was ...
... tanks were disabled or damaged . The surviving Japanese tank crewmen retreated on foot and their tanks fell silent . The whole action had taken less than an hour . The leading anti - tank gun had only four shells left , and was ...
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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