Battle for Malaya - The Indian Army in Defeat, 19411942

Kaushik Roy is Associate Professor, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India and Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. He has written or edited 19 books, including most recently War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849, Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia, and The Army in British India.

List of contents

Introduction

1. Prelude to Invasion

2. The Imperial Armies

3. Retreat from the Beaches

4. Defeat along the Slim and Muar Rivers

5. Disaster at Johore

6. Endgame at Singapore

7. Assessment

8. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Kaushik Roy

Summary

The defeat of 90,000 Commonwealth soldiers by 50,000 Japanese soldiers made the Battle for Malaya during World War II an important encounter for both political and military reasons. British military prestige was shattered, fanning the fires of nationalism in Asia, especially in India.

Product details

• Authors: Kaushik Roy
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780253044150
• ISBN: 978-0-253-04415-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Twentieth-Century Battles
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Asiatische Geschichte, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), Indischer Subkontinent, HISTORY / Military / World War II, History - General History, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia