Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945Allen Lane, 2004 - 554 من الصفحات The vast crescent of British-ruled territories from India down to Singapore appeared in the early stages of the Second World War a massive asset in the war with Germany, providing huge quantities of soldiers and raw materials and key part of an impregnable global network denied to the Nazis. Within a few weeks in 1941-2 a Japanese invasion had destroyed all this, almost effortlessly taking the impregnable fortress' of Singapore with its 80,000 strong garrison, and sweeping through South and Southeast Asia to the frontier of India itself. This revolutionary, absolutely gripping book brings to life the entire experience of South and Southeast Asia in this extraordinary period, telling the story from an Indian, Burmese, Chinese or Malay perspective as much as from that of the British or Japanese. |
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... Dorman-Smith accused him of being many hundreds of miles away. Wagg's complex role is discussed elsewhere. Dorman-Smith especially abhorred one of his regular critics – Leland Stowe of the Chicago Tribune and William O. Douglas repeated ...
... Dorman-Smith accused him of being many hundreds of miles away. Wagg's complex role is discussed elsewhere. Dorman-Smith especially abhorred one of his regular critics – Leland Stowe of the Chicago Tribune and William O. Douglas repeated ...
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... Dorman - Smith's vacillation and indecision after the Tantabin shootings . Blowing hot and cold , he first called for strong action against those who had fomented the agitation , only to reverse his policy in favour of a general amnesty ...
... Dorman - Smith's vacillation and indecision after the Tantabin shootings . Blowing hot and cold , he first called for strong action against those who had fomented the agitation , only to reverse his policy in favour of a general amnesty ...
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... Dorman - Smith and his staff in the autumn of 1943 , see Dorman - Smith Papers , E215 / 28 , OIOC . For the first air raids see ibid , p . 104 . 4. Dorman - Smith to L. Amery , 19 January 1942 , Dorman - Smith Papers , Mss Eur E215 / 1 , ...
... Dorman - Smith and his staff in the autumn of 1943 , see Dorman - Smith Papers , E215 / 28 , OIOC . For the first air raids see ibid , p . 104 . 4. Dorman - Smith to L. Amery , 19 January 1942 , Dorman - Smith Papers , Mss Eur E215 / 1 , ...
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Escaping Colonialism I | 1 |
Journeys through Empire | 30 |
An End and a Beginning | 456 |
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