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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... took place . A dozen Buffaloes of the RAAF's No. 453 Squadron , still the only fighter unit based outside Singapore , took off from Kuala Lumpur to intercept a Japanese force approaching from the north . The squadron met up to twenty ...
... took place . A dozen Buffaloes of the RAAF's No. 453 Squadron , still the only fighter unit based outside Singapore , took off from Kuala Lumpur to intercept a Japanese force approaching from the north . The squadron met up to twenty ...
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... took to the jungle . One party of 1200 successfully traversed an inland route to bypass the Japanese , and reached Benut during the afternoon of 27 January in a state of exhaustion . The party Challen was leading was not so fortunate ...
... took to the jungle . One party of 1200 successfully traversed an inland route to bypass the Japanese , and reached Benut during the afternoon of 27 January in a state of exhaustion . The party Challen was leading was not so fortunate ...
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... took place in 1946.27 After India's independence from British rule in 1947 , ex - INA officers were offered reinstatement in the Indian Army , but only at the rank they held at the time of the fall of Singapore . Few men took advantage ...
... took place in 1946.27 After India's independence from British rule in 1947 , ex - INA officers were offered reinstatement in the Indian Army , but only at the rank they held at the time of the fall of Singapore . Few men took advantage ...
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