The Defence and Fall of Singapore - Farrell, Brian
15,99 €
inkl. MwSt.

Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen
payback
8 °P sammeln
  • Broschiertes Buch

Shortly after midnight on 8 December 1941, two divisions of crack troops of the Imperial Japanese Army began a seabourne invasion of southen 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 outmanoeuvered on the ground and 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 futher outside help. This book is based on the most extensive use of primary documents.…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
Shortly after midnight on 8 December 1941, two divisions of crack troops of the Imperial Japanese Army began a seabourne invasion of southen 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 outmanoeuvered on the ground and 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 futher outside help. This book is based on the most extensive use of primary documents.
Autorenporträt
Brian Farrell is Professor of History at National University of Singapore, where he has been teaching Military History since 1993. He is an authority on British Empire military history and in particular the fall of Singapore in 1942. His other books include The Basis and Making of British Grand Strategy 1940-1943: Was There a Plan?, Between Two Oceans: A Military History of Singapore From First Settlement to Final British Withdrawal (co-authored), Sixty Years On: The Fall of Singapore Revisited (co-edited) and Leadership and Responsibility in the Second World War (edited).