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 51
... chief of staff . But other Japanese officers had been working on preparations for the campaign in South - East Asia for a considerable time . Yamashita's Chief of Planning and Operations , Lieutenant - Colonel Masanobu Tsuji , had been ...
... chief of staff . But other Japanese officers had been working on preparations for the campaign in South - East Asia for a considerable time . Yamashita's Chief of Planning and Operations , Lieutenant - Colonel Masanobu Tsuji , had been ...
Page 117
... Chief Marshal Portal ( Chief of the Air Staff ) and General Dill sailed with Churchill , leaving General Alan Brooke , the new Chief of the Imperial General Staff , behind in London as the senior service officer . The Admiralty took ...
... Chief Marshal Portal ( Chief of the Air Staff ) and General Dill sailed with Churchill , leaving General Alan Brooke , the new Chief of the Imperial General Staff , behind in London as the senior service officer . The Admiralty took ...
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... Chief of the Indian Army , should be made the chief of a new ABDA ( American - British - Dutch - Australian ) Command stretching across South- East Asia and the western Pacific . Wavell was the logical man for the job , given that he ...
... Chief of the Indian Army , should be made the chief of a new ABDA ( American - British - Dutch - Australian ) Command stretching across South- East Asia and the western Pacific . Wavell was the logical man for the job , given that he ...
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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