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Carregando... Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singaporede Noel Barber
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Unflinching look at the Malaya Campaign of 1941-1942, which resulted in the surrender of Singapore, the largest surrender in the history of the British Army. Barber pulls few, if any, punches in assigning blame, and the commanding general, Arthur Percival, comes in for a rather deserved drubbing. However, there's also a lot of blame to be applied to the grossly malfunctioning working arrangement not only between civil and military authorities, but within those branches as well. Simply put, Barber's thesis was that the entire campaign was grossly mismanaged, not only in Singapore but in London, and it's hard to disagree with him. There are some heroes in the book to relieve the dread, even some soldiers. But quite a few villains. ( ) sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Filled with drama, this classic account follows every step that led to the disastrous fall of Singapore to the Japanese in February 1942. The Japanese army, though outnumbered by 20,000 men, defeated the British only one week after the actual assault began. "Fortress" Singapore turned out to be nothing of the sort, with its defenders ill prepared and complacent. It was all too ripe for handing Japan its second victory of the war after Hong Kong. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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