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Loading... Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War IIby Colin Smith
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References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (24)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 and allied forces ever had to face. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.5425History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War II Campaigns and battles by theatreLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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