Battle Story: Singapore 1942

by Chris Brown

The story of the crushing defeat that sent shockwaves around the British Empire during World War II Singapore had always been seen as an impenetrable fortress that would protect the British Empire's stake in the Far East--a legacy of the days of global dominion. The British Army were aware of the threat to Singapore and Malaya from the first days after Pearl Harbor, but they viewed the Japanese Army as an inferior fighting force, incapable of standing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752479563
• ISBN13: 9780752479569
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"