Singapore, 1942: Britain's Greatest Defeat"The surrender of Singapore on 15 February 1942, with the capture of over 120,000 men, was the greatest and most humiliating defeat in British history and the high point of Japanese expansion in South-East Asia. It graphically exposed the military weakness of the British Empire and its inability to defend its Far Eastern colonies. The defeat left Australia exposed to Japanese invasion, its protection in future dependent on American arms." "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 forever Britain's imperial destiny and the balance between Europe and the rest of the World."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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Either way Phillips had by 8 December missed his opportunity to have any impact
on the Japanese invasion of Thailand and northern Malaya. Phillips was himself
responsible for this error as he had dispersed his squadron during a critical ...
Either way Phillips had by 8 December missed his opportunity to have any impact
on the Japanese invasion of Thailand and northern Malaya. Phillips was himself
responsible for this error as he had dispersed his squadron during a critical ...
Page 67
The Fleet Engineering Officer, Captain O. W. Phillips, was told by Rear- Admiral
Palliser to stop spreading despondency when he expressed his dismay about the
impending operation. Somewhat prophetically Captain Leach of the Prince of ...
The Fleet Engineering Officer, Captain O. W. Phillips, was told by Rear- Admiral
Palliser to stop spreading despondency when he expressed his dismay about the
impending operation. Somewhat prophetically Captain Leach of the Prince of ...
Page 72
As Kuantan was not far from Force Z's route back to Singapore, Captain Bell had
Phillips roused from his cabin and suggested a change of course, to which the
admiral agreed. The report of a landing at Kuantan was quite untrue, but no
signal ...
As Kuantan was not far from Force Z's route back to Singapore, Captain Bell had
Phillips roused from his cabin and suggested a change of course, to which the
admiral agreed. The report of a landing at Kuantan was quite untrue, but no
signal ...
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Contents
British Malaya | 1 |
The Rise of the Japanese Empire | 11 |
The Defence of Malaya | 23 |
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