Malaya
The Fall of Malaya: Japanese Blitzkrieg on Singapore
By David H. LippmanThe moon like a tray was sinking in the western sea and the deep red sun showed its face to the east. Read more
Malaya
Tragic Surrender
By Mark SimmonsOn Saturday, December 6, 1941, a Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed Hudson bomber on a reconnaissance mission from Khota Bahru on the west coast of Malaya was flying northwest over the China Sea toward the Gulf of Thailand. Read more
Malaya
The Arisaka Rifle: Weapons for the Imperial Japanese Army Way of War
By Jon DiamondAs militarism grew in Japan in the early 1930s, conscription began at the age of 19, and the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) cadet entered military service. Read more
Malaya
Australian Raiders & The Assault On Singapore Harbor
By John BrownHours after Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japanese troops landed in northern Malaya and began moving south toward Singapore. Read more
Malaya
The Falaise Pocket Scourge: The RAF’s Hawker Typhoon
By Michael D. HullFrom the Supermarine Spitfire to the North American P-51 Mustang, and from the Soviet Yak series to the Vought F4U Corsair, the Allies were able to field a formidable array of fighter planes against the Axis powers in World War II. Read more
Malaya
The Malayan Emergency: How to Fight a Counterinsurgency War
By David Fontaine MitchellFollowing World War II, the British returned to a much different Malaya than they had departed three years earlier. Read more
Malaya
Means of Grace, Hope of Glory
By Robert Barr SmithThey carried no weapons, only holy books and rudimentary vestments, a crucifix or a Star of David and sometimes a little Communion kit. Read more
