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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... unit had taken a battering on the mainland . A number of battalions were amalgamated to form stronger units , and then made up to strength with reinforcements . The 2 / 10th Baluch , 2 / 2nd Gurkhas , 4 / 19th Hyderabad and 1 / 8th ...
... unit had taken a battering on the mainland . A number of battalions were amalgamated to form stronger units , and then made up to strength with reinforcements . The 2 / 10th Baluch , 2 / 2nd Gurkhas , 4 / 19th Hyderabad and 1 / 8th ...
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... units were substantially intact . III Corps ' three British battalions had not been quite so fortunate . The 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders could only scrape together 250 officers and men , and Royal Marines for- merly of the ...
... units were substantially intact . III Corps ' three British battalions had not been quite so fortunate . The 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders could only scrape together 250 officers and men , and Royal Marines for- merly of the ...
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... unit as ' only a makeshift compared with its former efficiency and esprit de corps ' . Other battalions took in smaller numbers of replacements , after which those men remaining in the reinforcement pool were distributed across all units ...
... unit as ' only a makeshift compared with its former efficiency and esprit de corps ' . Other battalions took in smaller numbers of replacements , after which those men remaining in the reinforcement pool were distributed across all units ...
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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