Singapore Burning: Heroism And Surrender In World War II (2005) By Colin Smith
 
Churchill's description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival's surrender, led to over 100,000 British, Australian, and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, and it was no wartime exaggeration.
 
The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture, and death for thousands of Allied men and women.
 
With much new material from British, Australian, Indian, and Japanese sources, Colin Smith has woven together the full and terrifying story of the fall of Singapore and its aftermath. Here, alongside cowardice and incompetence, are forgotten acts of enormous heroism; treachery yet heart-rending loyalty; Japanese compassion as well as brutality from the bravest and most capricious enemy the British and allied forces ever had to face.
 
Hard Cover With Dust Jacket
628 pages
In Good Condition