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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... machine gun fire . A few guns and some vehicles were hit , and the tanks rolled on again . The tanks had not been accompanied by Japanese infantry , nor is there any evidence to suggest that infantry penetrated beyond Kampong Slim for a ...
... machine gun fire . A few guns and some vehicles were hit , and the tanks rolled on again . The tanks had not been accompanied by Japanese infantry , nor is there any evidence to suggest that infantry penetrated beyond Kampong Slim for a ...
Page 141
... machine gun from inside his tank to sever the electric wires leading to the charges.29 One Japanese tank was left to guard the bridge over the Slim River . A dozen tanks trundled southwards until they ran into the 155th Field Regiment ...
... machine gun from inside his tank to sever the electric wires leading to the charges.29 One Japanese tank was left to guard the bridge over the Slim River . A dozen tanks trundled southwards until they ran into the 155th Field Regiment ...
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... rifle company . ( Thus the 2 / 19th Battalion's new establishment was thirty - eight officers and 930 other ranks . ) Spare Army Service Corps men and the 2 / 4th Machine Gun Bat- talion's first - line reinforcement company were used to ...
... rifle company . ( Thus the 2 / 19th Battalion's new establishment was thirty - eight officers and 930 other ranks . ) Spare Army Service Corps men and the 2 / 4th Machine Gun Bat- talion's first - line reinforcement company were used to ...
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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