Surrender Of Singapore
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The Defence And Fall Of Singapore
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Author : Brian Farrell
language : en
Publisher: Monsoon Books
Release Date : 2017-01-01
The Defence And Fall Of Singapore written by Brian Farrell and has been published by Monsoon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with History categories.
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 Fall Of Singapore 1942
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Author : Timothy Hall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-05
The Fall Of Singapore 1942 written by Timothy Hall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-05 with History categories.
Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15 September 1942, but in 1941 Europeans on the island felt still untouched by war, lulled into security by the belief that Singapore was impregnable from the sea. However, the Planning Chief of Imperial Army Headquarters in Tokyo had realised a successful invasion could come from the north, down the Malay peninsula... Requests from less naive members of the allied forces for more men, arms and equipment were not filled. Authorities were unwilling to reveal to the civilian population the true situation. And so through accident or miscalculation, Singapore was totally unable to repel the Japanese attack. This accessible book, illustrated with black and white photos charts the course of these events.
Singapore Burning
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Author : Colin Smith
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2006-05-04
Singapore Burning written by Colin Smith and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-04 with History categories.
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.
Surrender Of Singapore
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Author : Stephen Wynn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Surrender Of Singapore written by Stephen Wynn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
War In The Pacific
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Author : Jerry Scutts
language : en
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA)
Release Date : 2000
War In The Pacific written by Jerry Scutts and has been published by Thunder Bay Press (CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
A complete and comprehensive history of the war from the Far East to the Japanese surrender in 1945.
The Fall Of Singapore
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Author : Frank Owen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Fall Of Singapore written by Frank Owen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Singapore categories.
Sunday 15 February 1942 was, according to Sir Winston Churchill, the blackest day in the history of the British Empire.
Sixty Years On
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Author : Brian Padair Farrell
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Academic
Release Date : 2002
Sixty Years On written by Brian Padair Farrell and has been published by Marshall Cavendish Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Singapore categories.
People from a dozen modern states were directly involved in the 1942 fall of Singapore: The United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, India, Pakistan, Nepal, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Indonesia, China and above all Malaysia and Singapore. To commemorate its 60th anniversary, the Department of History at the National University of Singapore organised an international conference of historians, students and war veterans on the theme Sixty Years On: The Fall of Singapore Revisited. This book presents a selection of the papers presented at the conference, revised for publication. It is not meant to be the last word on all aspects relating to the Malayan campaign and the fall of Singapore but rather an attempt to pull together reassessments of arguments of very long standing about major issues such as the Singapore strategy, with fresh contributions to our knowledge such as a discussion of how Japanese soldiers experienced the fighting on Singapore Island. Both conference and volume aimed to provide a well-rounded, state of the art discussion of the central issues and some of the shadows, relating to the fall of Singapore. READERSHIP: University lecturers/researchers, undergraduate students, academicians and those interested in History.
The Surrender Of Singapore
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Author : Stephen Wynn
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Release Date : 2017
The Surrender Of Singapore written by Stephen Wynn and has been published by Pen & Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
Until the late 1930s, Singapore was noted as a popular stop-off point for wealthy European travelers on their way to countries such as Australia and New Zealand. The outbreak of World War II changed all of that. Major General William Dobbie, who served as the General Officer Commanding Malaya between 8 November 1935 and August 1939, warned that Singapore could be conquered by the Japanese; his concerns went unheeded. Many factors led to the fall of Singapore. These included the arrogance of some senior British military personnel and politicians; a misconception that Japanese soldiers were inferior to their American and Commonwealth counterparts; a belief that Japan would not militarily engage both the United States and Britain at the same time; and the Allies' perception that victory in Europe took priority over defeating the Japanese throughout Asia and the Pacific. Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942 and was controlled by them for the next three years. During this time Chinese civilians and Commonwealth soldiers were murdered in such incidents as the Sook Ching massacre and the Burma Railway death march. Winston Churchill decided against a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fall of this bastion of empire, and no subsequent British government has seen fit to change that decision. This remarkable book tells the fascinating and largely forgotten story of the fall of Singapore.
The End Of The War
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Author : Romen Bose
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Release Date : 2010-09-10
The End Of The War written by Romen Bose and has been published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-10 with History categories.
The Singapore Surrender
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Author : Gilbert Mant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Singapore Surrender written by Gilbert Mant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Revised and expanded edition of two books recounting the fall of Singapore to the Japanese. The first was published in 1942 under the title TGrim Glory', and the second in 1944 as TYou'll Be Sorry'. This edition contains some new material and amendments, and a foreword by Lieutenant-General Gordon Bennett. Includes an index.