CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA 1941-42 Hong Kong, Malaya & Sarawah (PB) NEW

CAMPAIGNS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA 1941-42 Hong Kong, Malaya and Sarawak & Borneo Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War 1939-45 Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre\nThe volume \u201CCampaigns in South-East Asia 1941-42\u201D describes the expulsion of the British Commonwealth Forces from South-East Asia by the Japanese. In a way it is a story of military debacle suffered by the British. The narrative outlines the rapid withdrawal of the Indian, British and Australian forces from Malaya and Singapore. The British were compelled to surrender a vast land mass of Asia from the Netherlands East Indies to Burma to the Japanese.\nThe region covered extends from Hong Kong to Malaya, including Borneo, Singapore and parts of Burma, and highlights the British and Dutch colonies. The strategic importance of the region to Japan and the Allies, the historical background of the conflict and the prevailing situation in China and Indochina provide the curtain raiser. The impa.