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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... miles long from north to south , and sixty to two hundred miles wide from east to west . The northern frontier of Malaya shares a border with Thailand's Isthmus of Kra . To the east of Malaya is the South China Sea . Singapore Island ...
... miles long from north to south , and sixty to two hundred miles wide from east to west . The northern frontier of Malaya shares a border with Thailand's Isthmus of Kra . To the east of Malaya is the South China Sea . Singapore Island ...
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... miles , and B Company on Sabak beach had three miles of sand to defend . This was the brigade's strongest concen- tration of troops , and the best place for the Japanese to land from Brigadier Key's viewpoint . The Japanese chose to ...
... miles , and B Company on Sabak beach had three miles of sand to defend . This was the brigade's strongest concen- tration of troops , and the best place for the Japanese to land from Brigadier Key's viewpoint . The Japanese chose to ...
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... miles from Rawang on the Trunk Road and over thirty miles south of Slim River . Heath sent a battalion and other detachments to parry this Japanese move . He then hastily shifted Brigadier Moorhead's 15th Brigade to Rawang . The bridges ...
... miles from Rawang on the Trunk Road and over thirty miles south of Slim River . Heath sent a battalion and other detachments to parry this Japanese move . He then hastily shifted Brigadier Moorhead's 15th Brigade to Rawang . The bridges ...
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