The Fall Of Singapore
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
On February 15, 1942, the British Empire suffered its most catastrophic and humiliating military defeat when Japanese forces compelled the surrender of Singapore — a fortress once deemed impregnable — and consigned over 100,000 Allied troops, including a great many Australians, to a brutal captivity that would define the darkest chapter of the Pacific War. Timothy Hall's The Fall of Singapore chronicles the dramatic sequence of events that led to this stunning collapse, tracing the swift Japanese advance down the Malay Peninsula, the catastrophic failures of Allied command, and the harrowing final days of a city engulfed by chaos, fire, and the fog of war. Hall writes with a compelling urgency that brings both the strategic and the deeply human dimensions of the disaster into sharp relief, drawing on firsthand accounts to illustrate the confusion, courage, and tragic miscalculation that sealed Singapore's fate. The narrative stands as a vital contribution to the historiography of the Second World War in the Pacific, interrogating the myths of imperial invincibility and the racial assumptions that blinded British commanders to the speed and ferocity of the Japanese assault. For students of military history and general readers alike, this account raises a haunting question: how could so much have gone so wrong, so fast?
Author: Timothy Hall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Methuen Australia
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
On February 15, 1942, the British Empire suffered its most catastrophic and humiliating military defeat when Japanese forces compelled the surrender of Singapore — a fortress once deemed impregnable — and consigned over 100,000 Allied troops, including a great many Australians, to a brutal captivity that would define the darkest chapter of the Pacific War. Timothy Hall's The Fall of Singapore chronicles the dramatic sequence of events that led to this stunning collapse, tracing the swift Japanese advance down the Malay Peninsula, the catastrophic failures of Allied command, and the harrowing final days of a city engulfed by chaos, fire, and the fog of war. Hall writes with a compelling urgency that brings both the strategic and the deeply human dimensions of the disaster into sharp relief, drawing on firsthand accounts to illustrate the confusion, courage, and tragic miscalculation that sealed Singapore's fate. The narrative stands as a vital contribution to the historiography of the Second World War in the Pacific, interrogating the myths of imperial invincibility and the racial assumptions that blinded British commanders to the speed and ferocity of the Japanese assault. For students of military history and general readers alike, this account raises a haunting question: how could so much have gone so wrong, so fast?