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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Page 103
... Trunk Road , three miles north of Gurun village , and well within the rubber estate zone.11 The most likely Japanese axis of approach was down the Trunk Road . On 14 December the 6th Brigade took up positions on a front of two miles in ...
... Trunk Road , three miles north of Gurun village , and well within the rubber estate zone.11 The most likely Japanese axis of approach was down the Trunk Road . On 14 December the 6th Brigade took up positions on a front of two miles in ...
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... Trunk Road near Kampar in central Malaya . At Kampar the 4070 foot mountain of Bujang Melaka rose up sharply to the immediate east of the Trunk Road . Thickly covered with jungle , the precipitous mountain overlooked an open tin ...
... Trunk Road near Kampar in central Malaya . At Kampar the 4070 foot mountain of Bujang Melaka rose up sharply to the immediate east of the Trunk Road . Thickly covered with jungle , the precipitous mountain overlooked an open tin ...
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... Trunk Road , which had until now been the main Japanese axis of advance . The 27th Australian Brigade was the leading formation astride the Trunk Road . The brigade's forward battalion took up a position three miles west of the Sungei ...
... Trunk Road , which had until now been the main Japanese axis of advance . The 27th Australian Brigade was the leading formation astride the Trunk Road . The brigade's forward battalion took up a position three miles west of the Sungei ...
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