Was General Percival Really to Blame for the Fall of Singapore 1942?

The Fall of Singapore 1942

The Biggest Surrender in the British Army's History

85,000 strong army (comprising Indians, Australians, Malays and Singapore forces as well as British) captured.
That ads to the 45,000 who had already been captured in the Malayan Campaign.

But why did an army that outnumbered the attacking Japanese by 2:1 end up defeated?

Was General Percival to blame?

And if not, who was?


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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Fortress Singapore?
2:58 General Dobbie
4:35 Brooke-Popham
6:58 General Percival
9:38 Too little, Too late
11:37 Operation Matador
13:37 Loss of HMS Prince of Wales & Repulse
14:20 Malaya Campaign
16:55 Last Stand in Malaya
18:59 Retreat to Singapore
21:35 Percival's Army
23:31 Wavell & Percival's Mistakes
24:33 Japanese Landings
27:02 Loss of Bikut Timah & Reservoirs
28:29 British Surrender Singapore
30:39 Was Percival to blame?
32:22 Other Commanders?
33:29 Politicians?
35:50 Don't Forget the Japanese
37:27 Final Analysis



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