The Fall of Singapore 1942

by Timothy Hall

Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15 September 1942, but in 1941 Europeans on the island felt still untouched by war, lulled into security by the belief that Singapore was impregnable from the sea. However, the Planning Chief of Imperial Army Headquarters in Tokyo had realised a successful invasion could come from the north, down the Malay peninsula... Requests from less naive members of the allied forces for more men, arms and equipment were not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138912425
• ISBN13: 9781138912427
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"