Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia 1941 - 1945
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Authors: Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper
Publisher: Penguin/Allen Lane
THE vast crescent of British-ruled territories from India to Singapore appeared in the early stages of the World War II. These territories were a massive asset in the war with Germany, providing huge quantities of soldiers and raw materials, and they were a key part of an impregnable global network denied to the Nazis.
Within a few weeks of 1941 to 1942, a Japanese invasion had destroyed all this, almost effortlessly taking the impregnable fortress of Singapore with its 80,000 strong garrison, sweeping through South and South-East Asia right up to the frontier of India.
Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia 1941 – 1945 brings to life the entire experience of South and South-East Asia in this extraordinary period, telling the story from an Indian, Burmese, Chinese and Malay perspective.
Effectively, it is the story of the birth of modern South and South-East Asia, and the hopes and fears of the dozens of forgotten armies marching through the jungle battlefields, so many dying for causes swept away by the reality that emerged in 1945.
Authors: Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper
Publisher: Penguin/Allen Lane
THE vast crescent of British-ruled territories from India to Singapore appeared in the early stages of the World War II. These territories were a massive asset in the war with Germany, providing huge quantities of soldiers and raw materials, and they were a key part of an impregnable global network denied to the Nazis.
Within a few weeks of 1941 to 1942, a Japanese invasion had destroyed all this, almost effortlessly taking the impregnable fortress of Singapore with its 80,000 strong garrison, sweeping through South and South-East Asia right up to the frontier of India.
Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia 1941 – 1945 brings to life the entire experience of South and South-East Asia in this extraordinary period, telling the story from an Indian, Burmese, Chinese and Malay perspective.
Effectively, it is the story of the birth of modern South and South-East Asia, and the hopes and fears of the dozens of forgotten armies marching through the jungle battlefields, so many dying for causes swept away by the reality that emerged in 1945.
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