Singapore, 1942: Britain's Greatest DefeatThe surrender of Singapore on February 15, 1942, was the greatest and most humiliating defeat in British history and the high-point of Japanese expansion in Southeast Asia. It graphically exposed the military weakness of the British Empire and its inability to defend its Far Eastern colonies. Based on original records, "Singapore, 1942" 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 World War II. |
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... Asia was a Japanese sphere . The Germans had appeared to have half an eye on French and Dutch colonial possessions in Asia . But now , according to Prince Konoye : ' Germany and Italy intend to establish a New Order in Europe and Japan ...
... Asia was a Japanese sphere . The Germans had appeared to have half an eye on French and Dutch colonial possessions in Asia . But now , according to Prince Konoye : ' Germany and Italy intend to establish a New Order in Europe and Japan ...
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... Asia . There is no question that the German invasion of the Soviet Union changed the situation in east Asia . With the Russians occupied fending off the Nazis , Japan was now free to consider a more aggressive penetration of South - East ...
... Asia . There is no question that the German invasion of the Soviet Union changed the situation in east Asia . With the Russians occupied fending off the Nazis , Japan was now free to consider a more aggressive penetration of South - East ...
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... Asia to the Japanese during the Second World War had done terrible damage to the prestige of the British and other European colonial powers . The Europeans had ruled in east Asia partly because their claims to command had been widely ...
... Asia to the Japanese during the Second World War had done terrible damage to the prestige of the British and other European colonial powers . The Europeans had ruled in east Asia partly because their claims to command had been widely ...
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British Malaya | 1 |
The Rise of the Japanese Empire | 11 |
The Defence of Malaya | 23 |
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