The Fall of Malaya and Singapore

preview-18
  • The Fall of Malaya and Singapore Book Detail

  • Author : Jon Diamond
  • Release Date : 2015-05-30
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 210
  • ISBN 13 : 1473845580
  • File Size : 33,33 MB

The Fall of Malaya and Singapore by Jon Diamond PDF Summary

Book Description: 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.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Fall of Malaya and Singapore books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Fall of Malaya and Singapore

The Fall of Malaya and Singapore

File Size : 4,4 MB
Total View : 5785 Views
DOWNLOAD

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

The Defence and Fall of Singapore

The Defence and Fall of Singapore

File Size : 87,87 MB
Total View : 6855 Views
DOWNLOAD

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 northe

Guns of February

Guns of February

File Size : 92,92 MB
Total View : 7586 Views
DOWNLOAD

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

Malaya and Singapore 1941–42

Malaya and Singapore 1941–42

File Size : 81,81 MB
Total View : 6289 Views
DOWNLOAD

For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II. Giving birth

The Japanese Occupation of Malaya

The Japanese Occupation of Malaya

File Size : 91,91 MB
Total View : 6423 Views
DOWNLOAD

Japan attacked British-ruled Malaya on 8 December 1941 as part of a wave of military actions that toppled the British, Dutch and American colonial regimes in So