The Defence and Fall of Singapore 1940-1942

by Brian P. Farrell

Book Overview

Shortly after midnight on December 8, 1941, two divisions of 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. Singapore's defenders finally capitulated on February 15, to prevent the wholesale pillage of the city itself. Their rapid and total defeat was nothing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752437682
• ISBN13: 9780752437682
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Tempus
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.0" x 7.8"