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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... soldiers turned into a frenzied , drunken orgy of murder and rape . For days the sound of sporadic machine gun and rifle fire filled the air in Nanking . Bodies were dumped in the Yangtse and washed up on the banks . Photographs of ...
... soldiers turned into a frenzied , drunken orgy of murder and rape . For days the sound of sporadic machine gun and rifle fire filled the air in Nanking . Bodies were dumped in the Yangtse and washed up on the banks . Photographs of ...
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... soldiers , Australians mainly , sprawled all over the road , drunk . And they broke into the shops opposite the Orchard Road Market ... And they broke into Cold Storage on the other side of the road . They were looting the place for ...
... soldiers , Australians mainly , sprawled all over the road , drunk . And they broke into the shops opposite the Orchard Road Market ... And they broke into Cold Storage on the other side of the road . They were looting the place for ...
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... Soldiers of the Sun : The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army , 1868-1945 ( London , 1991 ) , p . 183 ; Hsi ... Soldiers of the Sun , p . 192 . 9. Harries , Soldiers of the Sun , p . 194 . 10. Iriye , Second World War in Asia and the.
... Soldiers of the Sun : The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army , 1868-1945 ( London , 1991 ) , p . 183 ; Hsi ... Soldiers of the Sun , p . 192 . 9. Harries , Soldiers of the Sun , p . 194 . 10. Iriye , Second World War in Asia and the.
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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