WAR AGAINST JAPAN VOLUME I: THE LOSS OF SINGAPORE: HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY SERIES: OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN HISTORY

Major-General S. Woodburn Kirby, Capt C. T. Addis, Col J. F. Meiklejohn, Col G. T. Wards, Air Vice-Marshal N. L. Desoer

ISBN 10: 1783316799 / ISBN 13: 9781783316793

Edité par Naval & Military Press, 2020

A propos de cet article

2020 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1957). Hardback xx + 568pp with 28 maps in colour and numerous contemporary photos. The first of five volumes of the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War dealing with the war against Japan; this book describes the fall of Britainâ s Far Eastern territories: Hong Kong, Borneo, Malaya, and finally the fortress island of Singapore - perhaps the greatest single British disaster of the entire war. The authors pin the blame for the loss of Britainâ s Asian empire on the neglect of its defences between the wars, and on the Governmentâ s preoccupation with saving Britain itself in 1940. In the authorsâ opinion, â the campaign in Malaya was lost beofre it begunâ , at least partly because of the ineptitude of the authorities on the spot. The book describes Japanâ s plans for imperial aggrandisement at the expense of vulnerable British and Dutch colonies in the region, and the rapid collapse of the European empires before the lightning Japanese advance. The loss of the British warships â Prince of Walesâ and â Repulseâ , complementing the disasters onshore, and the disappearance of so many men - British, Australian and other Commonwealth nations - into the horrors of Japanese captivity, complete the sad story of one of Britainâ s lowest points in the Second World War. With 27 appendices illustrating the strength and structure of the forces engaged, the book is generously illustrated with 28 maps and sketches and 26 photographs.

N° de réf. du vendeur 28655HB

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: WAR AGAINST JAPAN VOLUME I: THE LOSS OF SINGAPORE: HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY SERIES: OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN HISTORY
• Éditeur: Naval & Military Press
• Date de parution: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1783316799
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781783316793
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • History
  • Military History

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis

The first of five volumes of the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War dealing with the war against Japan; this book describes the fall of Britain's Far Eastern territories: Hong Kong, Borneo, Malaya, and finally the fortress island of Singapore - perhaps the greatest single British disaster of the entire war. The authors pin the blame for the loss of Britain's Asian empire on the neglect of its defences between the wars, and on the Government's preoccupation with saving Britain itself in 1940. In the authors' opinion, 'the campaign in Malaya was lost before it begun', at least partly because of the ineptitude of the authorities on the spot. The book describes Japan's plans for imperial aggrandisement at the expense of vulnerable British and Dutch colonies in the region, and the rapid collapse of the European empires before the lightning Japanese advance. The loss of the British warships 'Prince of Wales' and 'Repulse', complementing the disasters onshore, and the disappearance of so many men - British, Australian and other Commonwealth nations - into the horrors of Japanese captivity, complete the sad story of one of Britain's lowest points in the Second World War. With 27 appendices illustrating the strength and structure of the forces engaged, the book is generously illustrated with 28 maps and sketches and 26 photographs.