Singapore: The Japanese Version
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
One of the most audacious military campaigns of the Second World War is recounted here from the perspective of the man who planned it — Colonel Masanobu Tsuji, Chief of Operations and Planning for the 25th Japanese Army during the Fall of Malaya and the conquest of Singapore in 1942. Singapore: The Japanese Version presents a startling, first-hand account of the campaign that culminated in what Winston Churchill called the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history, chronicling in meticulous detail the strategic thinking, battlefield decisions, and relentless drive that led a numerically inferior Japanese force to defeat the British Empire's supposedly impregnable fortress in just 70 days. Tsuji's narrative is far more than a dry military history — it is a window into the Imperial Japanese military mind, illuminating the doctrine, discipline, and calculated audacity that shaped one of the 20th century's most consequential battles. Translated and edited for a Western audience, the account offers a rare and discomfiting counterpoint to Allied narratives of the Pacific War, forcing the reader to confront both the brilliance and the ruthlessness of a forgotten adversary. For students of military strategy, Pacific history, and the twilight of the British Empire, this remains an indispensable — and deeply unsettling — primary source.
Author: Colonel Masanobu Tsuji
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, Ure Smith, Sydney
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
One of the most audacious military campaigns of the Second World War is recounted here from the perspective of the man who planned it — Colonel Masanobu Tsuji, Chief of Operations and Planning for the 25th Japanese Army during the Fall of Malaya and the conquest of Singapore in 1942. Singapore: The Japanese Version presents a startling, first-hand account of the campaign that culminated in what Winston Churchill called the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history, chronicling in meticulous detail the strategic thinking, battlefield decisions, and relentless drive that led a numerically inferior Japanese force to defeat the British Empire's supposedly impregnable fortress in just 70 days. Tsuji's narrative is far more than a dry military history — it is a window into the Imperial Japanese military mind, illuminating the doctrine, discipline, and calculated audacity that shaped one of the 20th century's most consequential battles. Translated and edited for a Western audience, the account offers a rare and discomfiting counterpoint to Allied narratives of the Pacific War, forcing the reader to confront both the brilliance and the ruthlessness of a forgotten adversary. For students of military strategy, Pacific history, and the twilight of the British Empire, this remains an indispensable — and deeply unsettling — primary source.