Bloody Shambles Volume One: The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore (2007) By Christopher Shores and Brian Cull with Izawa, Yasuho
 
This is the story of the Allied air campaign across Singapore, Malaya, Burma, Ceylon and the Philippines during World War II. It documents the Allied underestimation of Japanese ability, which led to the destruction of 50% of the British bomber force in two days.
 
 A comprehensive account of air operations over south-east Asia December 1941-May 1942. Within months of launching a devastating air attack in 1941 on the Far Eastern dependencies of Great Britain, Holland and the USA, Japan had taken Singapore. This volume covers the attacks on Broome and Darwin in Australia, on Sumatra and Java, Rabaul and New Guinea and finally on Ceylon's naval bases.
 
Hard Cover With Dust Jacket
392 pages 
In Good condition