Tango01  | 01 Jan 2023 3:09 p.m. PST |
…. in the Most Unlikely Way
"Just 70 minutes before the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service commenced an attack on the United States naval base Pearl Harbor, another equally horrific battle was ensuing on the British island of Malaya. Shortly after midnight on December 8, 1941 soldiers patrolling the shores of Kota Bharu – the British and Australian airbase for operations in Northern Malaya – noticed three large ships in the distance.
These ships, the Awazisan Maru, Ayatosan Maru, and Sakura Maru, held over 5,000 troops who were quickly preparing to storm Malaya around 12:30 am. At the same time, Japanese carrier planes were less than an hour away from reaching Pearl Harbor…"
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| Shagnasty | 01 Jan 2023 9:05 p.m. PST |
Bummer. Got to be one of the most mishandled campaigns in British history and that is saying a lot. |
| uglyfatbloke | 02 Jan 2023 3:51 a.m. PST |
X2 Shagnasty – but that is an exceptionally poor article in any way one can think of…..including grammar. |
| colkitto | 02 Jan 2023 4:50 a.m. PST |
I got as far as the "island of Malaya" in the OP. |
| Tango01 | 02 Jan 2023 3:28 p.m. PST |
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| hindsTMP | 04 Jan 2023 8:45 p.m. PST |
The author of that article seems to be a bit out of her depth. She should have had it fact-checked by someone knowledgeable in the period. OTOH, maybe she will get better with practice… MH |
| Tango01 | 05 Jan 2023 3:33 p.m. PST |
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| DBS303 | 06 Jan 2023 3:30 p.m. PST |
Utter, utter rubbish. Grammar, spelling, captioning Indian troops as "guerrillas", the idea that US forces trained in Malaya pre-war, Repulse labelled as a battleship… the list goes on and on. Perhaps certain people should be a bit more discriminating in the material to which they choose to link. There is nothing big, clever or helpful linking to any old rubbish! |
| uglyfatbloke | 06 Jan 2023 5:19 p.m. PST |
Not a single word about SS Maori Templar Space Zombie Paratroopers. Very disappointing. |
| Tango01 | 07 Jan 2023 3:14 p.m. PST |
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 Wolfshanza | 08 Jan 2023 11:04 p.m. PST |
Not a single word about SS Maori Templar Space Zombie Paratroopers. Very disappointing. That info is still top secret ! You will be visited by a couple of chaps in black :0 |
| uglyfatbloke | 10 Jan 2023 12:13 a.m. PST |
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