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Singapore burning : heroism and surrender in World War II by Colin Smith undifferentiated is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Churchill's description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival's surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration. The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture and death for thousands of allied men and women. With much new material from British, Australian, Indian and Japanese sources, Colin Smith has woven together the full and terrifying story of the fall of Singapore and its aftermath. Here, alongside cowardice and incompetence, are forgotten acts of enormous heroism; treachery yet heart-rending loyalty; Japanese compassion as well as brutality from the bravest and most capricious enemy the British ever had to face.

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Author

Colin Smith undifferentiated

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780141010366

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4.02 / 5 (61 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14