The Fall Of Malaya And Singapore

Author : Brian Farrell
Publisher : Monsoon Books
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814423892

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The Defence and Fall of Singapore by Brian Farrell Pdf

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
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473845589

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The Fall of Malaya and Singapore by Jon Diamond Pdf

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 : Jon Diamond
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473854475

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The Fall of Malaya and Singapore by Jon Diamond Pdf

“This photo essay produces a very effective picture of the defeat of British forces in Malaya and Singapore by the Japanese . . . Highly recommended.”—Firetrench 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 defenses 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. “The powerful story of a tragedy illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, this is a highly enlightening text on the Forgotten War.”—The Bulletin of The Military Historical Society “Contains an interesting set of well captioned archive photos showing a period that was among the darkest days for the British Commonwealth during WW2.”—Military Modelling

Author : Henry P. Frei
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9971692732

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Guns of February by Henry P. Frei Pdf

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.

Author : Frank Owen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Singapore
ISBN : UCAL:$B174543

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The Fall of Singapore by Frank Owen Pdf

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472811233

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Malaya and Singapore 1941–42 by Mark Stille Pdf

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 to the myth of the Imperial Japanese Army's invincibility, the victory left both Burma and India open to invasion. Although heavily outnumbered, the Japanese Army fought fiercely to overcome the inept and shambolic defence offered by the British and Commonwealth forces. Detailed analysis of the conflict, combined with a heavy focus on the significance of the aerial campaign, help tell the fascinating story of the Japanese victory, from the initial landings in Thailand and Malaya through to the destruction of the Royal Navy's Force Z and the final fall of Singapore itself.

Author : Peter Thompson
Publisher : Piatkus
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748122332

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The Battle For Singapore by Peter Thompson Pdf

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

Author : Brian Padair Farrell,Sandy Hunter
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish Academic
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111804527

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Sixty Years on by Brian Padair Farrell,Sandy Hunter Pdf

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.

Author : Paul H. Kratoska
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 082481889X

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The Japanese Occupation of Malaya by Paul H. Kratoska Pdf

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 Southeast Asia. Within seventy days, the conquest of Malaya was complete, and British forces in Singapore surrendered on 15 February 1942. The three and a half years of Japanese rule are generally considered to mark a profound transition in the history of the Malay peninsula, but little is known about this period. This book uses the limited administrative papers that survived in Malaya, oral sources, and accounts written by Japanese officers involved in the Malayan campaign to flesh out the story.

Author : Brian Farrell,Sandy Hunter
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814435468

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A Great Betrayal by Brian Farrell,Sandy Hunter Pdf

Author : Timothy Hall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317431619

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The Fall of Singapore 1942 by Timothy Hall Pdf

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.

Author : Colin Smith
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141906621

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Singapore Burning by Colin Smith Pdf

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.

Author : Lieut.-Gen. Arthur Ernest Percival
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787205994

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The War in Malaya by Lieut.-Gen. Arthur Ernest Percival Pdf

Arthur Ernest Percival, the General commanding in Malaya at the time of the catastophic events of 1941 and 1942, gives his authoritative account of the campaign. “THE fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 was a great shock both to Britain and to her Allies. The shock was all the greater because the public generally had been led to believe that Singapore was impregnable. Accusations against our leaders, both military and civil, were made in our own country and abroad, and there were wild stories about the conduct of our fighting men and of the civil population. Many of the statements made and many of the opinions expressed were based on false or incomplete information. Some of them were founded on inadequate knowledge of Malayan conditions or of the factors which influenced decisions. Others were “last survivor” stories. I have hitherto made no effort to refute these accusations or to deny these stories. Some of my friends have wondered why. I felt that it would be better to concentrate on producing the true story and that it is due to all those who fought in Malaya and Borneo, and to the non-combatants who played their part and suffered equally with the fighting men, that I should record the knowledge which I alone possess. So that is why I have written this book. “It would have been easy for me, in the charged atmosphere which still surrounds the fall of Singapore, to have written a sensational story. It would have been equally easy to have written an apologia. I have tried to avoid both these pitfalls...I have tried, therefore, in this book to give, as concisely as I can, a picture of those events as they are known to me and to explain why certain decisions were taken and the factors which influenced them. I have assumed that the great majority of my readers have little or no knowledge of the Far East, so I have tried to introduce them to the conditions which prevailed there at the time of which I write. I hope I have not been unsuccessful.”—Foreword

Author : Justin J Corfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Singapore
ISBN : 9811408173

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The Fall of Singapore by Justin J Corfield Pdf

Author : Justin J. Corfield,Robin Corfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Singapore
ISBN : 1742704220

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The Fall of Singapore by Justin J. Corfield,Robin Corfield Pdf

This book provides a day-by-day history of the Malayan Campaign and the Fall of Singapore from the first alerts as the British prepared to move their forces on to a war footing on 29 November, through the fighting, to the Japanese imposing their rule on the Chinese in Singapore on 26 February - a total of 90 days. For each of the 90 days, all the major developments - military and political - are detailed along with information on every Allied soldier who died on that day.