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How Britain lost its crown jewel in the East
Saul David’s book traces the ‘catalogue of blunders’ that led to the fall of Singapore in 1942
22 October 2019 - 15:19
“The loss of the island fortress of Singapore to the Japanese in February 1942 was a disaster of quite monumental strategic and economic consequences,” says Saul David in his book Military Blunders.
“At a stroke, Britain forfeited its strongest foothold in the Far East.”..
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