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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... East . Still , at the outset , during the ' Phoney War ' , the Second World War's direct impact was confined to Europe . The fall of France and the entry of Italy into the war in June 1940 had a decisive impact on the theoretical plan ...
... East . Still , at the outset , during the ' Phoney War ' , the Second World War's direct impact was confined to Europe . The fall of France and the entry of Italy into the war in June 1940 had a decisive impact on the theoretical plan ...
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... East went from bad to worse . Japan's Foreign Minister Matsuoka left for Europe on 12 March 1941. Matsuoka achieved little of substance in Berlin and broke his homeward journey at Moscow . On 13 April a five - year neutrality pact was ...
... East went from bad to worse . Japan's Foreign Minister Matsuoka left for Europe on 12 March 1941. Matsuoka achieved little of substance in Berlin and broke his homeward journey at Moscow . On 13 April a five - year neutrality pact was ...
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... East . The gradual construction of an empty naval base at Singapore during the 1920s and 1930s was no substitute for an effective imperial defence strategy . At a diplomatic level the Far East policies of successive British governments ...
... East . The gradual construction of an empty naval base at Singapore during the 1920s and 1930s was no substitute for an effective imperial defence strategy . At a diplomatic level the Far East policies of successive British governments ...
Contents
British Malaya | 1 |
The Rise of the Japanese Empire | 11 |
The Defence of Malaya | 23 |
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