Singapore: The Japanese VersionPickle Partners Publishing, 09.08.2016 - 332 Seiten 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 [...].” |
Inhalt
Contents | |
War Without Preparation 18 | |
The Assault on Kota Bharu 83 | |
The Last of the British Far Eastern Squadron 85 | |
A Death in Bangkok 94 | |
PART THREE 97 | |
Extraordinary Tactics 99 | |
A Chance Exploit 105 | |
Command of the Skies 158 | |
Is Jealousy the Monopoly of Women? 159 | |
Mopping Up Bakri 169 | |
The Arrival of the Assault Groups 171 | |
Deep Emotion in Johore Bahru 174 | |
PART SIX 179 | |
The Plan of Capture 181 | |
The Battle Plan for the Assault 183 | |
The Churchill Supplies 111 | |
Advancing with the Calendar 112 | |
The Capture of Penang 118 | |
The Perak River Obstacle 119 | |
Crossing the Perak 122 | |
PART FOUR 126 | |
Smallboat Operations Dumbfound the Enemy 128 | |
New Years Eve on the Battlefield 130 | |
That Which One Sows 133 | |
A Thrust Through the Jungle 136 | |
Divergent Opinions 140 | |
Two Young Warriors 142 | |
The Fall of the Federal Capital 146 | |
Are the Osaka Soldiers Weak? 148 | |
The Bicyclists 150 | |
PART FIVE 152 | |
The Pursuit Sustained 154 | |
Breaking Through Gemas 156 | |
To the Heights of the Imperial Palace 185 | |
Distressing Preparations 186 | |
A Demonstration to Mislead the Enemy 191 | |
The Blue Signal Flares 193 | |
The Only Mistake 196 | |
Slaughter on Bukit Timah 198 | |
Welcoming the Kigen Festival 209 | |
The True Spirit 213 | |
Hoisting the White Flag 220 | |
PART SEVEN 225 | |
Warning Against Celebration 226 | |
Sharing the Joy 227 | |
CITATIONS 231 | |
APPENDIX 1READ THIS ALONEAND THE WAR CAN BE WON 243 | |
APPENDIX 2EAST ASIA FEDERATION 285 | |
APPENDIX 3THE BRITISH GARRISON IN MALAYA 287 | |
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 288 | |
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