
The Defence and Fall of Singapore
Brian Farrell(Author)
monsoon (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 31. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-981-4423-88-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Publishing group
Monsoon Books
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
42 black and white photographs, 7 maps
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 53 mm
Weight
622 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-4423-88-5 (9789814423885)
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Brian Farrell
The Defence and Fall of Singapore
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01/2017
Simon + Schuster LLC
€7.90
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By Brian P. Farrell