Singapore : the Japanese version / Masanobu Tsuji.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsuji, Masanobu, 1902- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Malay Peninsula.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Pickle Partners Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

Originally published in 1960, the author of this book is one of the planners of the Imperial Japanese Army's invasion of Malaya and the capture of Singapore-Colonel Masanobu Tsuji himself. In it, he "unreservedly attributes Japan's victory in Malaya to the patriotic fervour and self-sacrifice of the frontline officers and men of her 25th Army, which, in advancing six hundred miles and capturing Singapore in seventy days, achieved one of the decisive victories of World War II and accomplished a feat unparalleled in military history. [...] For the first time in history an army carried out "a blitzkrieg on bicycles", astounding the world by the sureness and rapidity of its advance, and exploding the myth of the impregnability of Singapore-which, as Colonel Tsuji emphasizes, had no rear defences, a fact he states was unknown to Winston Churchill at the time. [...] Colonel Tsuji's career proves him a master planner and an outstanding field officer. He now appears as an excellent writer and is to be congratulated upon his book, and also upon the motives which led to his escape from the Allied forces after the national surrender [...]."

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL NOTES

AUTHOR'S NOTE

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

INTRODUCTION

ILLUSTRATIONS

MAPS

PREFACE

PART ONE

1. War Without Preparation

2. The Doro Nawa Unit

3. Southward Advance? Northward Thrust?

4. Hasty Operation Orders

5. Whirlwind to the South

6. Army Commander Yamashita

7. A Secret Reconnaissance

8. Orthodox or Unorthodox Tactics?

9. The Army and Navy Operations Agreement

10. A Dream Plan

11. Towards Embarkation

PART TWO

12. The Threshold of Fate

13. Singora's Waves are High

14. Collapse of a Dream

15. The Assault on Kota Bharu

16. The Last of the British Far Eastern Squadron

17. A Death in Bangkok

PART THREE

18. The Break Through the Jitra Line

19. Extraordinary Tactics

20. A Chance Exploit

21. The Churchill Supplies

22. Advancing with the Calendar

23. The Capture of Penang

24. The Perak River Obstacle

25. Crossing the Perak

PART FOUR

26. Dying Wishes to a Beloved Wife

27. Small-boat Operations Dumbfound the Enemy

28. New Year's Eve on the Battlefield

29. "That Which One Sows..."

30. A Thrust Through the Jungle

31. Divergent Opinions

32. Two Young Warriors

33. The Fall of the Federal Capital

34. Are the Osaka Soldiers Weak?

35. The Bicyclists

PART FIVE

36. Ammunition Supplies

37. The Pursuit Sustained

38. Breaking Through Gemas

39. Command of the Skies

40. Is Jealousy the Monopoly of Women?

41. Mopping Up Bakri

42. The Arrival of the Assault Groups

43. Deep Emotion in Johore Bahru

PART SIX

44. Singapore-the Pivot

45. The Plan of Capture

46. The Battle Plan for the Assault

47. To the Heights of the Imperial Palace

48. Distressing Preparations

49. A Demonstration to Mislead the Enemy

50. The Blue Signal Flares

51. The Only Mistake.

52. Slaughter on Bukit Timah

53. Welcoming the Kigen Festival

54. The True Spirit

55. Hoisting the White Flag

PART SEVEN

56. Rushing the Camera

57. Warning Against Celebration

58. Sharing the Joy

CITATIONS

APPENDIX 1-READ THIS ALONE-AND THE WAR CAN BE WON

APPENDIX 2-EAST ASIA FEDERATION

APPENDIX 3-THE BRITISH GARRISON IN MALAYA

REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781787200982

1787200981

OCLC:

974593589