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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... March 1942 MacArthur , on President Roosevelt's orders , was spirited out of the Philippines in a speed - boat . On arrival in Australia MacArthur told the press in relation to the Philippines : ' I shall return . ' But the Japanese ...
... March 1942 MacArthur , on President Roosevelt's orders , was spirited out of the Philippines in a speed - boat . On arrival in Australia MacArthur told the press in relation to the Philippines : ' I shall return . ' But the Japanese ...
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... March 1942 . Port Moresby , on the south coast of Papua New Guinea , was a port from which the Japanese might menace Australia and other smaller islands in the south - west Pacific . After some weeks ' debate among army and navy staff ...
... March 1942 . Port Moresby , on the south coast of Papua New Guinea , was a port from which the Japanese might menace Australia and other smaller islands in the south - west Pacific . After some weeks ' debate among army and navy staff ...
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... March 1946 to seize the Tokyo plain . If the diehard faction of the Japanese gov- ernment had had their way , the war might not have ended until the fall of Tokyo in mid - 1946 . This would have provided enough time for the British ...
... March 1946 to seize the Tokyo plain . If the diehard faction of the Japanese gov- ernment had had their way , the war might not have ended until the fall of Tokyo in mid - 1946 . This would have provided enough time for the British ...
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British Malaya | 1 |
The Rise of the Japanese Empire | 11 |
The Defence of Malaya | 23 |
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