Malaya and Singapore 1941-42 : the fall of Britain's empire in the East /
Mark Stille ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.
- Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2016.
- 96 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II. Giving birth to the myth of the Imperial Japanese Army's invincibility, the victory left both Burma and India open to invasion.