The Surrender of Singapore: Three Years of Hell

by Stephen Wynn

Book Overview

Until the late 1930s, Singapore was noted as a popular stop-off point for wealthy European travellers on their way to countries such as Australia and New Zealand. All of that changed with the outbreak of the Second World War.

Despite Major-General William Dobbie, the General Officer Commanding Malaya between 8 November 1935 and August 1939, warning that Singapore could be conquered by the Japanese, his concerns went unheeded. As far as the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399075365
• ISBN13: 9781399075367
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages