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 troop

This biography evaluates General Percival in the context of his military service as well as his generalship during the critical Malayan campaign and the surrend

Shortly after midnight on 8 December 1941, two divisions of crack troops of the Imperial Japanese Army began a seaborne invasion of southern Thailand and northe

Information on the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore is sparse, and Japanese-language materials are particularly difficult to find because the Japanes

Why do some governments and societies attach great significance to a particular anniversary year whereas others seem less inclined to do so? What motivates the