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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... guns , but these were by design purely anti - surface weapons . The Repulse had only a handful of anti - aircraft guns : six old four - inch weapons , three pom - poms , and some cannons and machine guns.22 In a steady line abreast a ...
... guns , but these were by design purely anti - surface weapons . The Repulse had only a handful of anti - aircraft guns : six old four - inch weapons , three pom - poms , and some cannons and machine guns.22 In a steady line abreast a ...
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... guns , and ordered them into action on the road . The first gun was knocked out , but the next howitzer's crew waited until the tanks were only twenty - five yards away before opening fire . The gun's second round set the leading tank ...
... guns , and ordered them into action on the road . The first gun was knocked out , but the next howitzer's crew waited until the tanks were only twenty - five yards away before opening fire . The gun's second round set the leading tank ...
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... gun shield and exploded to throw Harrison onto his back , and mortally wound another crewman . The cutting had been turned into a spectacular mass of smoke and flame ' . The anti - tank guns could only fire blindly into the pall . Gun ...
... gun shield and exploded to throw Harrison onto his back , and mortally wound another crewman . The cutting had been turned into a spectacular mass of smoke and flame ' . The anti - tank guns could only fire blindly into the pall . Gun ...
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