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Malaya and Singapore 1941–1942: The Fall of Britain’s Empire in the East

By Mark Stille

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2016
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
99 MB (103600063 bytes)
Series
Osprey Campaign 300
Pages
0\100
Time added
2016-11-12 10:51:23

Description

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 Armys 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 Navys Force Z and the final fall of Singapore itself.

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