《Singapore The Japanese Version》

PART ONE1

1．WAR WITHOUT PREPARATION1

2．THE DORO NAWA UNIT3

3．SOUTHWARD ADVANCE？NORTHWARD THRUST？14

4．HASTY OPERATION ORDERS23

5．WHIRLWIND TO THE SOUTH26

6．ARMY COMMANDER YAMASHITA34

7．A SECRET RECONNAISSANCE41

8．ORTHODOX OR UNORTHODOX TACTICS？52

9．THE ARMY AND NAVY OPERATIONS AGREEMENT57

10．A DREAM PLAN64

11．TOWARDS EMBARKATION67

PART TWO72

12．THE THRESHOLD OF FATE72

13．SINGORA＇S WAVES ARE HIGH79

14．COLLAPSE OF A DREAM82

15．THE ASSAULT ON KOTA BHARU93

16．THE LAST OF THE BRITISH FAR EASTERN SQUANDRON96

17．A DEATH IN BANGKOK103

PART THREE107

18．THE BREAK THROUGH THE JITRA LINE107

19．EXTRAORDINARY TACTICS111

20．A CHANCE EXPLOIT119

21．THE CHURCHILL SUPPLIES128

22．ADVANCING WITH THE CALENDAR130

23．THE CAPTURE OF PENANG135

24．THE PERAK RIVER OBSTACLE137

25．CROSSING THE PERAK142

PART FOUR148

26．DYING WISHES TO A BELOVED WIFE148

27．SMALL-BOAT OPERATIONS DUMBFOUND THE ENEMY153

28．NEW YEAR＇S EVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD156

29．＂THAT WHICH ONE SOWS…＂160

30．A THRUST THROUGH THE JUNGLE165

31．DIVERGENT OPINIONS167

32．TWO YOUNG WARRIORS171

33．THE FALL OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL176

34．ARE THE OSAKA SOLDIERS WEAK？180

35．THE BICYCLISTS183

PART FIVE186

36．AMMUNITION SUPPLIES186

37．THE PURSUIT SUSTAINED190

38．BREAKING THROUGH GEMAS193

39．COMMAND OF THE SKIES197

40．IS JEALOUSY THE MONOPOLY OF WOMEN？198

41．MOPPING UP BAKRI202

42．THE ARRIVAL OF THE ASSAULT GROUPS206

43．DEEP EMOTION IN JOHORE BAHRU210

PART SIX216

44．SINGAPORE－THE PIVOT216

45．THE PLAN OF CAPTURE219

46．THE BATTLE PLAN FOR THE ASSAULT223

47．TO THE HEIGHTS OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE227

48．DISTRESSING PREPARATIONS230

49．A DEMONSTRATION TO MISLEAD THE ENEMY234

50．THE BLUE SIGNAL FLARES237

51．THE ONLY MISTAKE243

52．SLAUGHTER ON BUKIT TIMAH245

53．WELCOMING THE KIGEN FESTIVAL252

54．THE TRUE SPIRIT259

55．HOISTING THE WHITE FLAG265

PART SEVEN272

56．RUSHING THE CAMERA272

57．WARNING AGAINST CELEBRATION274

58．SHARING THE JOY276

Citations282

Appendix 1READ THIS ALONE－AND THE WAR CAN BE WON295

Appendix 2EAST ASIA FEDERATION350

Appendix 3 THE BRITISH GARRISON IN MALAYA352

Index353