Fortress Singapore : the battlefield guide



Digitised Book 216.73.216.191 (0)

2011

Fortress Singapore : the battlefield guide

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This book provides a day-to-day account of the battle for Singapore. It includes 100 photographs that capture the shock and terror of war, the hardship of the Occupation days and the events that made heroes of men. And, there is a pictorial tour of 20 war sites from battlefield to POW camps, with new chapters on the Sarimbun Beach Battle Site and the Johore Battery.

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945--Singapore World War, 1939-1945--Battlefields--Singapore--Guidebooks Historic sites--Singapore--Guidebooks Singapore--History--Siege, 1942

Categories

1942-1945 Japanese occupation

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Additional Details

Title
Fortress Singapore : the battlefield guide
Creators
  • Yap, Siang Yong
Subject
  • World War, 1939-1945--Singapore
  • World War, 1939-1945--Battlefields--Singapore--Guidebooks
  • Historic sites--Singapore--Guidebooks
  • Singapore--History--Siege, 1942
Publisher
  • National Library Board Singapore, 2011
  • Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2011
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill., maps
Table of Contents
  • N1 Kranji Reservoir Park. N2 Sarimbun Beach Battle site. N3 Kranji War Memorial. N4 Bukit Batok Hilltop. N5 Ford Motor Factory. N6 Bukit Timah Battle -- The Central Tour: C1 Kent Ridge Park. C2 Labrador Park. C3 Alexandra Hospital. C4 Singapore General Hospital. C5 Padang & City Hall. C6 Kandahar Street. C7 Fort Canning Park. C8 Fort Siloso -- The Eastern Tour: E1 Changi Prison. E2 Selarang Barracks. E3 Johore Battery. E4 Changi Murals -- Other memorials -- WWII plaques and historic sites -- The military museums: M1 RSN Museum. M2 RSAF Museum -- Selected bibliography.
Copyright
  • All rights reserved. Marshall Cavendish Editions 2011