"Malaya, 1942, Slim River" Topic

Does anyone know of sites or books that give a listing of the troops envolved (British/Commonwealth vs. Japanese)and and overview of the engagement from the the Slim River, Malaya, Jan. '42?

Thanks.

Start with the official history:
The War Against Japan, Volume 1, The Loss of Singapore
by Maj-Gen S. Woodburn Kirby and Others

Then read:
Moon Over Malaya
by Jonathon Moffatt and Audrey Holmes-McCormick.

Then, for the Japanese point of view, read:
Japan's Greatest Victory, Britain's Worst Defeat
by Col Masanobu Tsuji

For more OB's info, search the web for Percival's "Operations of Malaya Command". That will give some of the OB and background detail you need to back up the other books, but don't treat it as an official history.

Nearly all other non-autobiographical books about the campaign use the above as the basis for their descriptions of Slim River.

SirG

The National Army Museum (UK) have a useful pamphlet giving the campaign from the viewpoint of the Leicester and Surrey battalions that were combined into the British battalion.

For those interested in Slim River and like board games, we carry one. link
It is a downloadable board game that you print out.

Greg
wargamedownloads.com

The official history by Woodburn is the best first reference.

Moon Over Malaya gives a good tactical account from the point of view of the Argylls.

If you can't get hold of the official history, then try Alan Warren's – Singapore 1942 – which is a good military history of the whole campaign.

Thanks guys, I will be picking up those books or get them through the local library.

Slim River British Forces
12th Indian Infantry Brigade under STEWART
2 Argyles Battalion
5/2 Punjab Battalion
4/19 Hyderbad Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
122nd Field Arty Regiment
15th Engineers Company

28th Indian Infantry Brigade under SELBY
2/1 Gurka Rifles Battalion
2/2 Gurka Rifles Battalion
2/9 Gurka Rifles Battalion