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Post by Sir John on Nov 19, 2013 17:13:26 GMT -5
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Post by hornet32 on Nov 19, 2013 18:43:03 GMT -5
Percy surrendered to spare the civilians of Singapore or something like that , the man was a fool but the Empire was full of Percy's , Percy outnumbered the Japs 3-1 , the day before the surrender Percy and Blimp were at the club and over a pink gin decided that the thing to do was surrender I mean the Japanese were civilized weren't they and it would be just a minor set back .
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Post by Sir John on Nov 19, 2013 19:17:21 GMT -5
Few Australians care too much about Percival.
It is Maj Gen Bennett that should have been at Sandakan,
SJ
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Post by Swampy on Nov 19, 2013 19:28:52 GMT -5
Hence a good argument for fighting to the death - if you're going to die anyway, you might as well take them with you.
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Post by hornet32 on Nov 19, 2013 20:46:10 GMT -5
Singapore anyway you look at it its difficult to understand why Percy felt the need to surrender , he out numbered the enemy 3-1 , there was enough supplies to maintain his Army for a month or more , the Japanese did have air superiority but their Army was short on everything else , who knows ? .
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Post by Swampy on Nov 19, 2013 21:17:08 GMT -5
Singapore anyway you look at it its difficult to understand why Percy felt the need to surrender , he out numbered the enemy 3-1 , there was enough supplies to maintain his Army for a month or more , the Japanese did have air superiority but their Army was short on everything else , who knows ? . The Japanese pulled a bluff - if the British had held on another day, the enemy would have to retreat across the Johore Straits. |
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Post by Sir John on Nov 19, 2013 22:21:27 GMT -5
"there was enough supplies to maintain his Army for a month or more ,"
The only water they had came through a pipe from the mainland across the causeway, and the japs cut that on the first day.
SJ
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Post by hornet32 on Nov 19, 2013 23:03:38 GMT -5
Then why didn't he go back over the causeway and fix the leak ? he had plenty of people on hand to do it , the 8th OZ could have done it themselves , better than building rail roads for the Japanese , one can only wonder what Patton , Rommel ,or Lee would have done , not Monty though .
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Post by Sir John on Nov 19, 2013 23:06:05 GMT -5
Not sure where the water came from, a river in Malaya I suppose. By turning the tap OFF it made no difference. We were stuffed.
SJ
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Post by hornet32 on Nov 20, 2013 9:37:55 GMT -5
America had its own debacle in the Philippines and the numbers were greater .
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