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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... Brigade to cut it off from the rest of the division . Once Painter realised his brigade had been cut off , he finally felt able to disobey his original instructions and issued orders for a retirement southwards . At midday of 28 January ...
... Brigade to cut it off from the rest of the division . Once Painter realised his brigade had been cut off , he finally felt able to disobey his original instructions and issued orders for a retirement southwards . At midday of 28 January ...
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... brigade to Bennett's com- mand . However the 12th Indian Brigade was an under strength formation that had hardly begun to recover from the pummelling it had received up - country at Slim River . The brigade had been placed in Malaya ...
... brigade to Bennett's com- mand . However the 12th Indian Brigade was an under strength formation that had hardly begun to recover from the pummelling it had received up - country at Slim River . The brigade had been placed in Malaya ...
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... Brigade was in danger of being cut off . In consequence the 44th Brigade , which had reached the Jurong Line by 10 p.m. , had to shuffle southwards in the dark to make way for the 15th Brigade . During the evening Brigadier Taylor ...
... Brigade was in danger of being cut off . In consequence the 44th Brigade , which had reached the Jurong Line by 10 p.m. , had to shuffle southwards in the dark to make way for the 15th Brigade . During the evening Brigadier Taylor ...
Contents
British Malaya | 1 |
The Rise of the Japanese Empire | 11 |
The Defence of Malaya | 23 |
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11th Indian Division 15th Brigade 18th Division 2/18th Battalion 2/19th 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