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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30 On 27 December General Heath advised the 9th Division ' s Major - General
Barstow to withdraw all of the 22nd Brigade ' s units south of Kuantan River , so
as to face the attack that was obviously developing from the north . The following
...
30 On 27 December General Heath advised the 9th Division ' s Major - General
Barstow to withdraw all of the 22nd Brigade ' s units south of Kuantan River , so
as to face the attack that was obviously developing from the north . The following
...
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... to withdraw . As Stewart was absent from brigade headquarters , his brigade -
major granted Brown ' s request . The brigadier cancelled this order half an hour
later . Stewart ' s habitually positive view of events was well founded on this ...
... to withdraw . As Stewart was absent from brigade headquarters , his brigade -
major granted Brown ' s request . The brigadier cancelled this order half an hour
later . Stewart ' s habitually positive view of events was well founded on this ...
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No orders had been issued to withdraw from Kranji and no such orders were
going to be issued . ' 36 The Sungei Kranji and its bordering swamps stretched
inland for at least three miles . Thus the calamitous events that had taken place in
...
No orders had been issued to withdraw from Kranji and no such orders were
going to be issued . ' 36 The Sungei Kranji and its bordering swamps stretched
inland for at least three miles . Thus the calamitous events that had taken place in
...
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| Title | Singapore, 1942: Britain's Greatest Defeat |
| Author | Alan Warren |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Hambledon and London, 2002 |
| ISBN | 185285328X, 9781852853280 |
| Length | 370 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / World War II |
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