Kamis, 13 April 2017

What Next, General?: Yamashita Invades Malaya, 1941-42

It is November 6, 1941, as you assume the role of Imperial Japan- ese Army (IJA) Lieutenant General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Earlier today you took command of 25th Army at its Saigon head- quarters in Japanese-occupied French Indochina. (See Indochina-Malaya map, p. 69.) The timing for your assumption of command is critical since Japan’s leaders have …

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