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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... base , and Sydney too far away . After lengthy deliberations , it was decided to build the base at Singapore . Plans for a rational British imperial defence policy , however , soon began to unravel . The British government had ...
... base , and Sydney too far away . After lengthy deliberations , it was decided to build the base at Singapore . Plans for a rational British imperial defence policy , however , soon began to unravel . The British government had ...
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... base at Singapore was slowly built during the 1920s and 1930s . Plans to build a base large enough to hold the Royal Navy's main battle fleet were shelved to save money . The base being built was actually too small to accommodate a ...
... base at Singapore was slowly built during the 1920s and 1930s . Plans to build a base large enough to hold the Royal Navy's main battle fleet were shelved to save money . The base being built was actually too small to accommodate a ...
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... Base had finally been opened in 1938. The Naval Base was a fenced off town with rows of depots , magazines and barracks . A large floating dock had been towed all the way from Britain , and there was another graving dock large enough to ...
... Base had finally been opened in 1938. The Naval Base was a fenced off town with rows of depots , magazines and barracks . A large floating dock had been towed all the way from Britain , and there was another graving dock large enough to ...
Contents
The Rise of the Japanese Empire | 11 |
3 | 23 |
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