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Cause of Japanese Attack - In 1939 Malaya produced 40 per cent of the worlds rubber and nearly 60 per cent of its tin, most of this went to America.
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Singapore Defences by Lieut.-General Sir Henry Pownall
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Japanese Preparations - The Japanese started preparations for the attack on Malaya twleve months before they entered the war.
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British Preparations - Singapore was proteced from the sea and observation of the north could be carried out, but the 1,000 miles of Malayan coast was unprotected.
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Malaya Command - Battle Order on 8th December, 1941.
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Attack on Malaya - At 2.15am on the 8th December 1941, Yamishita received a message saying Takumi had succeeded in the landing. Yamishita was now aboard ship in Singora harbour.
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Siege of Singapore - The Singapore fortress was Britain’s stronghold in the Far East, but she fell too quickly for Churchill.
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Death Railway - As prisoners of the Japanese, defeat and surrender were humiliation but the horrors of the Death Railway would never leave the survivors.
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Dispatches and Reports
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Air Operarations in Malaya & NEI - the complete dispatch as compiled by Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Maltby
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Force Z. - dispatch on the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse by Admiral Sir G.Layton
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Operations of Malaya Command - the complete dispatch as compiled in Changi POW Camp 1942-45 and printed in the London Gazette 1948 by Lieut.-General. A.E. Percival
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Pownall´s Report by Lieut.-General Sir Henry Pownall
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War Diary by Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton
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Wavell Report - Report drawn up by Major H.P. Thomas, O.B.E. I.A. This report is intended to give a general outline of the conditions under which the campaign was conducted. Supplied to the War Cabinet by General A.P. Wavell.
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Timeline
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Chronology of the Malayan and Singapore War - Taken from Media Masters World War II Battlefield Guide of The Japanese Conquest of Malaya and Singapore.
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