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... British in the first light that the British commander , Sir Edward Pakenham , was fatally wounded and about 2,000 soldiers were killed , wounded or captured . A week later a British squadron fought a running battle with the great ...
... British in the first light that the British commander , Sir Edward Pakenham , was fatally wounded and about 2,000 soldiers were killed , wounded or captured . A week later a British squadron fought a running battle with the great ...
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Geoffrey Blainey. Japan . The main British defences against a possible Japanese thrust were in Malaya , and there the Australian forces were as numerous as the British soldiers . The Australian government , in confronting Japan in the ...
Geoffrey Blainey. Japan . The main British defences against a possible Japanese thrust were in Malaya , and there the Australian forces were as numerous as the British soldiers . The Australian government , in confronting Japan in the ...
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... British Hurricane fighters reached Singapore . Six weeks after the start of the Pacific war the Hurricanes flew over Singapore . Their inability to match the Japanese aircraft was , to many Englishmen , a shock as violent as that ...
... British Hurricane fighters reached Singapore . Six weeks after the start of the Pacific war the Hurricanes flew over Singapore . Their inability to match the Japanese aircraft was , to many Englishmen , a shock as violent as that ...
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