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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... arrived to find their commander already dead , and the Gurun village area strangely deserted . The company was met by Lay , and directed onward with a few words of encouragement . Though pinned down amid huts and scrub , and roughly ...
... arrived to find their commander already dead , and the Gurun village area strangely deserted . The company was met by Lay , and directed onward with a few words of encouragement . Though pinned down amid huts and scrub , and roughly ...
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... arrived General Rommel and his Africa Corps . This had been the last straw for Churchill , who swapped Wavell with General Sir Claude Auchinleck , the Indian Army's Commander - in - Chief . Churchill told Dill that Wavell should enjoy ...
... arrived General Rommel and his Africa Corps . This had been the last straw for Churchill , who swapped Wavell with General Sir Claude Auchinleck , the Indian Army's Commander - in - Chief . Churchill told Dill that Wavell should enjoy ...
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... arrived at Singapore the ships were used to evacuate European women and children , and RAF personnel . Convoy BM 11 had arrived on 29 January , and by the night of 30/31 January four of its large transports had left carrying over 5000 ...
... arrived at Singapore the ships were used to evacuate European women and children , and RAF personnel . Convoy BM 11 had arrived on 29 January , and by the night of 30/31 January four of its large transports had left carrying over 5000 ...
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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