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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2013 21:51:42 GMT -5
The Empire was severely mistaken of their Japanese opponent , the Japanese came down the Malaysian peninsula like s--t through a goose and Percy was confounded as what to do about it even though he out numbered Yamashita 2 to one , Percy and his staff met at the club to discuss it over a pink gin , Percy's Army was of Brits , India and OZ and were basically useless in fact Percy was pretty useless himself , so Percy decided to meet up with Yamashita to see what could be worked out , what was worked out was Percy's Army was sent to Burma to build a Railroad for the Japanese .
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Post by Swampy on Jul 31, 2013 22:00:38 GMT -5
That's what I said many years ago in the old place, and that caused a flame war.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 7:32:52 GMT -5
It just wonders my mind that someone like Percy could be placed in charge of anything but he was a member of the Empires old boy club so that must explain it .
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Post by Swampy on Aug 1, 2013 8:52:49 GMT -5
It just wonders my mind that someone like Percy could be placed in charge of anything but he was a member of the Empires old boy club so that must explain it . That was true for a lot of the British Army. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 10:42:26 GMT -5
The Japanese had the air power but only two infantry divisions while Percy had 90-100 thousand men , Percy wanted to spare the civilians of Singapore which was a joke as the Japanese murdered over 50,000 of them because they had Chinese ancestors .
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 11:56:32 GMT -5
I notice none of our Empire friends don't join in ? .
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 17:56:28 GMT -5
Japanese cruelties were well known the Japanese private could be beaten by his superiors so he found nothing wrong with passing it on .
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Post by Sir John on Aug 1, 2013 18:55:09 GMT -5
The Malaya Campaign has been flogged to death.
Agree about Percival, but remember the Japanese were all seasoned troops with lots of experience. The defenders were the opposite, and the leadership was horrible.
What more is there to say? Bit like Bataan really!
SJ
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 19:23:43 GMT -5
In my best estimate the EMPIRE was without leadership , did Percy really believe that things would be better under Japanese occupation .
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Post by hornet32 on Aug 13, 2013 13:41:17 GMT -5
A Bloke was asked what he did in the war I built railroads for the Japanese he replied , when asked weren't the Japanese the enemy he said you'd have to ask Percy about that .
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