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Main Fleet to Singapore [Illustrated Edition]
Main Fleet to Singapore [Illustrated Edition] | Capt. Russell Grenfell
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Includes 14 illustrations and 6 maps. A fascinating in-depth account of the early months of the naval war against the Japanese during the Second World War. Includes the sinking of the Royal Navy battleship Prince of Wales and battle cruiser Repulse off Malaya in December 1941 and the American victory at Midway in June 1942. “A sharply written, often polemical, account of the Singapore naval base from its inception to its loss in 1942”—Foreign Affairs
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Oblomov26
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Mehso-so

Just another book indulging my interest the colonial period in the east. Purchased cheap and not what I was expecting. Was hoping for a memoir of service during the inter war period. What I got was Much more an essay discussing the decision to use Singapore as the main base for the British navy in the east between the wars and failing of this decision during the Japanese invasion.