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Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
by Alex Von Tunzelmann
Singapore innaccuracies (10/28/2011)
The author claims that 60,000 Indian troops were surrendered by some 'Colonel Hunt' in 1942 without firing a shot. This is total twaddle. General Percival had only 37,000 Indian troops even when the Japs first landed in December 1941 and far less by the time they had reached Singapore. Similarly she says the guns were fixed in concrete pointing out to sea. Again, this is rubbish. The guns were insecure emplacements but many of them had 360 degree traverse. If you really want to know what happened then read my book 'The Sacrifice of Singapore - Churchill's Biggest Blunder'. The problem with this sort of mistake is that you then wonder how many others?
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