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Author : Karl Hack
Release : 2003-11-20
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 384/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Did Singapore Have to Fall? by : Karl Hack
Download or read book Did Singapore Have to Fall? written by Karl Hack. This book was released on 2003-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First time all the factors concerning the Fall of Singapore have been examined in one place Churchill's controversial role in the surrender is also examined
Author : Karl Hack
Release : 2003-11-20
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 376/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Did Singapore Have to Fall? by : Karl Hack
Download or read book Did Singapore Have to Fall? written by Karl Hack. This book was released on 2003-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First time all the factors concerning the Fall of Singapore have been examined in one place Churchill's controversial role in the surrender is also examined
Author : Brian Farrell
Release : 2017-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 890/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Defence and Fall of Singapore by : Brian Farrell
Download or read book The Defence and Fall of Singapore written by Brian Farrell. This book was released on 2017-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Jon Diamond
Release : 2015-05-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 580/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Fall of Malaya and Singapore by : Jon Diamond
Download or read book The Fall of Malaya and Singapore written by Jon Diamond. This book was released on 2015-05-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In just 10 weeks from 8 December 1941 to mid February 1942, British and Imperial forces were utterly defeated by the numerically inferior Japanese under General Yamashita. British units fought hard on the Malayan mainland but the Japanese showed greater mobility, cunning and tactical superiority. Morale was badly affected by the loss of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse to Japanese aircraft on 19 December as they sought out enemy shipping. Panic set in as military and civilians withdrew south to Singapore. Thought to be an impregnable fortress, its defences against land attacks were shockingly deficient. General Percival's leadership was at best uninspired and at worst incompetent. Once the Allied troops withdrew to Singapore it was only a matter of time before surrender became inevitable. To make matters worse reinforcements arrived but only in time to be made POWs. The whole catastrophe is brilliantly described in this highly illustrated book.
Author : Colin Smith
Release : 2006-05-04
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 626/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Singapore Burning by : Colin Smith
Download or read book Singapore Burning written by Colin Smith. This book was released on 2006-05-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
