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The Defence and Fall of Singapore
Author | : Brian Farrell |
Publsiher | : Monsoon Books |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2017-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789814423892 |
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Shortly after midnight on 8 December 1941, two divisions of crack troops of the Imperial Japanese Army began a seaborne invasion of southern Thailand and northern Malaya. Their assault developed into a full-blown advance towards Singapore, the main defensive position of the British Empire in the Far East. The defending British, Indian, Australian and Malayan forces were outmanoeuvred on the ground, overwhelmed in the air and scattered on the sea. By the end of January 1942, British Empire forces were driven back onto the island of Singapore Itself, cut off from further outside help. When the Japanese stormed the island with an an-out assault, the defenders were quickly pushed back into a corner from which there was no escape. Singapore’s defenders finally capitulated on 15 February, to prevent the wholesale pillage of the city itself. Their rapid and total defeat was nothing less than military humiliation and political disaster. Based on the most extensive use yet of primary documents in Britain, Japan, Australia and Singapore, Brian Farrell provides the fullest picture of how and why Singapore fell and its real significance to the outcome of the Second World War.
The Defence and Fall of Singapore 1940 1942
Author | : Brian Padair Farrell |
Publsiher | : Tempus Publishing, Limited |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Singapore |
ISBN | : 0752434780 |
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Shortly after midnight on 8 December 1941, two divisions of crack troops of the Imperial Japanese Army began a seaborne invasion of southern Thailand and northern Malaya. Their assault developed into a full-blown advance towards Singapore, the main defensive position of the British Empire in the Far East. The defending British, Indian, Australian and Malayan forces were outmanoeuvred on the ground, overwhelmed in the air and scattered on the sea. By the end of January 1942, British Empire forces were driven back onto the island of Singapore itself, cut off from further outside help. When the Japanese stormed the island with an all-out assault, the defenders were quickly pushed back into a corner from which there was no escape. Singapore's defenders finally capitulated on 15 February, to prevent the wholesale pillage of the city itself. Their rapid and total defeat was nothing less than military humiliation and political disaster. Based on the most extensive use yet of primary documents in Britain, Japan, Australia and Singapore, Brian Farrell provides the fullest picture of how and why Singapore fell and its real significance to the outcome of the Second World War.
The Battle for Singapore
Author | : Peter Thompson |
Publsiher | : Piatkus |
Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 2010-10-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780748122332 |
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The true story of the 'the greatest defeat and largest capitulation' in British military history. The Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 is a military disaster of enduring fascination. For the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the island, Peter Thompson tells the explosive story of the Malayan campaign, the siege of Singapore, the ignominious surrender to a much smaller Japanese force, and the Japanese occupation through the eyes of those who were there - the soldiers of all nationalities and members of Singapore's beleaguered population. An enthralling and perceptive account, which never loses sight of the human cost of the tragedy - Yorkshire Evening Post. An insightful and dramatic analysis - The Good Book Guide
Singapore Burning
Author | : Colin Smith |
Publsiher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 969 |
Release | : 2006-05-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780141906621 |
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Churchill's description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival's surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration. The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture and death for thousands of allied men and women. With much new material from British, Australian, Indian and Japanese sources, Colin Smith has woven together the full and terrifying story of the fall of Singapore and its aftermath. Here, alongside cowardice and incompetence, are forgotten acts of enormous heroism; treachery yet heart-rending loyalty; Japanese compassion as well as brutality from the bravest and most capricious enemy the British ever had to face.
Guns of February
Author | : Henry P. Frei |
Publsiher | : NUS Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9971692732 |
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This is an account of the fall of Singapore and Japan's 1941 military campaign in Malaya through the eys of Japanese soldiers who took part, based on interviews, memoirs, war diaries and other Japanese-language sources.
A Great Betrayal
Author | : Brian Farrell,Sandy Hunter |
Publsiher | : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 2009-12-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789814435468 |
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The Fall of Singapore
Author | : Frank Owen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Singapore |
ISBN | : UVA:X006126705 |
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Sunday 15 February 1942 was, according to Sir Winston Churchill, the blackest day in the history of the British Empire.
The Men Who Lost Singapore 1938 1942
Author | : Ronald McCrum |
Publsiher | : NUS Press |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2017-02-28 |
Genre | : Governors |
ISBN | : 9789814722391 |
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The British military failure against the Japanese invasion of Singapore in 1942 is a well-documented and closely examined episode. While attention is frequently drawn to the role of the Colonial Governor and his staff during this period, the actions of the civil authorities have not been subjected to the same rigorous scrutiny. In this book, Ronald McCrum undertakes a close examination of the role and the responsibilities of the colonial authorities both in the lead-up to the war and during it. He contends that the colonial government, by pursuing different priorities, needlessly created distraction and confusion. Additionally, the poor, even hostile, relations that developed between the local government and the British military hierarchy impeded a joint approach to the growing threat and affected the course of this campaign. McCrum displays how the inept management of civil defence led to unnecessary loss of civilian life.