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 186
... reached the outskirts of Sengarrang , with the Norfolks bringing up the rear of the column . However Challen did not deploy the rest of his brigade to help the Cambridgeshires . When Morrison offered to send his men into action ...
... reached the outskirts of Sengarrang , with the Norfolks bringing up the rear of the column . However Challen did not deploy the rest of his brigade to help the Cambridgeshires . When Morrison offered to send his men into action ...
Page 190
... reaching the main Australian position , the Japanese had pulled back onto some rising ground , right in the middle of the thousand yard gap between the points at which D and B Companies later reached the road . The Japanese had hastily ...
... reaching the main Australian position , the Japanese had pulled back onto some rising ground , right in the middle of the thousand yard gap between the points at which D and B Companies later reached the road . The Japanese had hastily ...
Page 268
... reached Ceylon and Australia safely . The Dutch steamer Roosenboom was torpedoed and sunk at night far out to sea , after leaving Padang at Sumatra on 26 February with several hundred people aboard . At dawn 130 survivors , male and ...
... reached Ceylon and Australia safely . The Dutch steamer Roosenboom was torpedoed and sunk at night far out to sea , after leaving Padang at Sumatra on 26 February with several hundred people aboard . At dawn 130 survivors , male and ...
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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