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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... units stationed at Singapore declined over time . During 1939-41 British units were forced to send large drafts of regular soldiers back to the United Kingdom to serve in other units of their regiment or corps , and accept less suitable ...
... units stationed at Singapore declined over time . During 1939-41 British units were forced to send large drafts of regular soldiers back to the United Kingdom to serve in other units of their regiment or corps , and accept less suitable ...
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... unit had taken a battering on the mainland . A number of battalions were amalgamated to form stronger units , and then made up to strength with reinforcements . The 2 / 10th Baluch , 2 / 2nd Gurkhas , 4 / 19th Hyderabad and 1 / 8th ...
... unit had taken a battering on the mainland . A number of battalions were amalgamated to form stronger units , and then made up to strength with reinforcements . The 2 / 10th Baluch , 2 / 2nd Gurkhas , 4 / 19th Hyderabad and 1 / 8th ...
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... units , but who flatly refused to do so'.30 - There was of course nothing new about ' stragglers ' in the Malayan cam- paign . In battles on the mainland thousands of soldiers from broken units had made their way southwards in large and ...
... units , but who flatly refused to do so'.30 - There was of course nothing new about ' stragglers ' in the Malayan cam- paign . In battles on the mainland thousands of soldiers from broken units had made their way southwards in large and ...
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