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Title
The Battle for Malaya
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Roy, Kaushik, 1971- (Author)
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Malaysia--Malaya (LCSH)
Malaya--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 (LCSH)
India. Army--History--World War, 1939-1945. (LCSH)
India--History, Military--World War, 1939-1945 (LCSH)
Japan. Rikugun--Drill and tactics. (LCSH)
Great Britain. Army--History--World War, 1939-1945. (LCSH)
Australia. Australian Army--History--World War, 1939-1945. (LCSH)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Maps
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: D767.5 .R69 2019 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 940.54/2595 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"The defeat of 90,000 Commonwealth soldiers by 50,000 Japanese soldiers made the Battle for Malaya during World War II an important encounter for both political and military reasons. British military prestige was shattered, fanning the fires of nationalism in Asia, especially in India. Japan's successful tactics in Malaya-rapid marches, wide outflanking movement along difficult terrain, nocturnal attacks, and roadblocks-would be repeated in Burma in 1942-43. Until the Allied command evolved adequate countermeasures, Japanese soldiers remained supreme in the field. Focusing on tactics of the ground battle that unfolded in Malaya between December 1941 and February 1942, rather than the failures of command, Kaushik Roy analyzes the organization of the imperial armies, looking primarily at the Indian Army, which comprised the largest portion of Commonwealth troops, and compares that army with those of Britain and Australia, which fought side by side with Indian soldiers. Utilizing both official war office records and unofficial memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories, Roy presents a synthesis of history from the top with history from below and provides a thick narrative of operations interwoven with tactical analysis of the Battle for Malaya from both sides"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
The Rise of the Singapore Naval Base
The Allied Ground Forces in Malaya
The Invasion
Defeat at Slim River
Disaster at Muar and Johore
Endgame on Singapore Island.
Authorized Access Point
Roy, Kaushik, 1971- The Battle for Malaya
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 21180059
Change Date: 2020-09-23T09:13:22
Creation Date: 2019-08-30
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress