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• World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Malay Peninsula [Browse]

Summary note

Originally published in 1960, the author of this book is one of the planners of the Imperial Japanese Army's invasion of Malaya and the capture of Singapore-Colonel Masanobu Tsuji himself. In it, he "unreservedly attributes Japan's victory in Malaya to the patriotic fervour and self-sacrifice of the frontline officers and men of her 25th Army, which, in advancing six hundred miles and capturing Singapore in seventy days, achieved one of the decisive victories of World War II and accomplished a feat unparalleled in military history. [...] For the first time in history an army carried out "a blitzkrieg on bicycles", astounding the world by the sureness and rapidity of its advance, and exploding the myth of the impregnability of Singapore-which, as Colonel Tsuji emphasizes, had no rear defences, a fact he states was unknown to Winston Churchill at the time. [...] Colonel Tsuji's career proves him a master planner and an outstanding field officer. He now appears as an excellent writer and is to be congratulated upon his book, and also upon the motives which led to his escape from the Allied forces after the national surrender [...]."

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Contents

• Intro
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• EDITORIAL NOTES
• AUTHOR'S NOTE
• TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
• INTRODUCTION
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• MAPS
• PREFACE
• PART ONE
• 1. War Without Preparation
• 2. The Doro Nawa Unit
• 3. Southward Advance? Northward Thrust?
• 4. Hasty Operation Orders
• 5. Whirlwind to the South
• 6. Army Commander Yamashita
• 7. A Secret Reconnaissance
• 8. Orthodox or Unorthodox Tactics?
• 9. The Army and Navy Operations Agreement
• 10. A Dream Plan
• 11. Towards Embarkation
• PART TWO
• 12. The Threshold of Fate
• 13. Singora's Waves are High
• 14. Collapse of a Dream
• 15. The Assault on Kota Bharu
• 16. The Last of the British Far Eastern Squadron
• 17. A Death in Bangkok
• PART THREE
• 18. The Break Through the Jitra Line
• 19. Extraordinary Tactics
• 20. A Chance Exploit
• 21. The Churchill Supplies
• 22. Advancing with the Calendar
• 23. The Capture of Penang
• 24. The Perak River Obstacle
• 25. Crossing the Perak
• PART FOUR
• 26. Dying Wishes to a Beloved Wife
• 27. Small-boat Operations Dumbfound the Enemy
• 28. New Year's Eve on the Battlefield
• 29. "That Which One Sows..."
• 30. A Thrust Through the Jungle
• 31. Divergent Opinions
• 32. Two Young Warriors
• 33. The Fall of the Federal Capital
• 34. Are the Osaka Soldiers Weak?
• 35. The Bicyclists
• PART FIVE
• 36. Ammunition Supplies
• 37. The Pursuit Sustained
• 38. Breaking Through Gemas
• 39. Command of the Skies
• 40. Is Jealousy the Monopoly of Women?
• 41. Mopping Up Bakri
• 42. The Arrival of the Assault Groups
• 43. Deep Emotion in Johore Bahru
• PART SIX
• 44. Singapore-the Pivot
• 45. The Plan of Capture
• 46. The Battle Plan for the Assault
• 47. To the Heights of the Imperial Palace
• 48. Distressing Preparations
• 49. A Demonstration to Mislead the Enemy
• 50. The Blue Signal Flares
• 51. The Only Mistake.
• 52. Slaughter on Bukit Timah
• 53. Welcoming the Kigen Festival
• 54. The True Spirit
• 55. Hoisting the White Flag
• PART SEVEN
• 56. Rushing the Camera
• 57. Warning Against Celebration
• 58. Sharing the Joy
• CITATIONS
• APPENDIX 1-READ THIS ALONE-AND THE WAR CAN BE WON
• APPENDIX 2-EAST ASIA FEDERATION
• APPENDIX 3-THE BRITISH GARRISON IN MALAYA
• REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.

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ISBN

• 9781787200982
• 1787200981

OCLC

974593589

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