1st Edition

The Fall of Singapore 1942

By Timothy Hall Copyright 1983
230 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. The Impregnable Fortress 2. Face to Face with the Jungle 3. A Most Dangerous Enemy 4. Shell-Shock 5. Retreat 6. Pay Cash and Bury Your Dead 7. The Agony and Death of a City 8. The Lonely Frightening Wait 9. Into The Killing Area 10. A Humiliting Surrender 11. Escape and Captivity. Bibliography. Index.

Biography

Hall, Timothy