TY  - BOOK
AU  - ONG Chit Chung
TI  - Operation Matador: Britain's war plans against the Japanese 1918-1941
SN  - 9812100954 (pbk.):
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - Times Academic Press
KW  - DEFENCE POLICY
KW  - MALAYSIA
KW  - OPERATION MATADOR
KW  - SECOND WORLD WAR
KW  - SINGAPORE
N2  - Traces British defence policy for Singapore and Malaya which culminated in the concept of Operation Matador. Envisaged as a forward line of defence against Japanese land based attack and including Thailand the plan was approved by British adminstration but its implementation was stalled by Churchill who believed Singapore to be impregnable
ER  -