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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... infantry ran almost last in the manpower stakes . The beauty of voluntary recruitment was that it enabled the infantry to get a fair share of the keenest servicemen . Australian battalions had anonymous number titles , and large ...
... infantry ran almost last in the manpower stakes . The beauty of voluntary recruitment was that it enabled the infantry to get a fair share of the keenest servicemen . Australian battalions had anonymous number titles , and large ...
Page 156
... infantry companies in the van when contact was made ten kilometres west of Gemas . The war diary of the Japanese 9th Infantry Brigade recorded for 14 January that Mukaide Detachment had suffered seventy dead and fifty - seven wounded ...
... infantry companies in the van when contact was made ten kilometres west of Gemas . The war diary of the Japanese 9th Infantry Brigade recorded for 14 January that Mukaide Detachment had suffered seventy dead and fifty - seven wounded ...
Page 178
... infantry . Midway through the morning Duke cancelled the attack . All hope of surprise had been lost , and there was no point sending the infantry forward without effective artillery support . Indeed , even if the Loyals could have ...
... infantry . Midway through the morning Duke cancelled the attack . All hope of surprise had been lost , and there was no point sending the infantry forward without effective artillery support . Indeed , even if the Loyals could have ...
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