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1^st paragraph: "less than 300km away"

1.    AWM553/5/12, Malaya Landing Operation (Jap); SCSC, The Outline of the Malayan Campaign; JM, Number 107, Malaya Invasion Naval Operations; PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East Operations Room narrative log [RAF Far East log], 6 December 1941; WO172/1, GHQ Far East War Diary, 6 December 1941; WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary Appendices, 6 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 6 December 1941; LHCMA, Brooke-Popham Papers, V/5/28, Layton to Admiralty, 6 December 1941.

1^st paragraph: "certain they were about to do so"

2.    PRO, CAB65/24, War Cabinet Minutes, 5 December 1941; CAB106/40, Brooke-Popham Despatch; Principal War Telegrams and Memoranda 1940-1943 [PT], vol. 1, COS to Brooke-Popham, 5 December 1941; Aldrich, 56, 86-88; Kirby, The Chain of Disaster, 128; Gilchrist, 56-58, 92-95.

2^nd paragraph: "prepare it for war forthwith"

3.    PRO, CAB106/40, Brooke-Popham Despatch; Middlebrook and Mahoney, 87-89; Barnett, Engage the Enemy More Closely, 406-07; Aldrich, 88; Gilchrist, 92-95.

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1^st paragraph: "having passed on the hot potato"

4.    PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 7 December 1941; WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary Appendices, 6-7 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 6-7 December 1941; CAB106/40, Brooke-Popham Despatch; LHCMA, Brooke-Popham Papers, V/5/28, Brooke-Popham to COS, 7 December 1941.

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1^st paragraph: "to advance towards the Malayan border"

5.    JM, Number 54, Malaya Operations Record; Number 55, Southwest Area Air Operations Record Phase 1; Number 107, Malaya Invasion Naval Operations; SCSC, The Outline of the Malayan Campaign; AWM54/553/5/12, Malaya Landing Operation (Jap); Potter, 53-54; Tsuji, 79-90; Reynolds, ch. 4.

2^nd paragraph: "give the defenders ample warning"

6.    SCSC, The Outline of the Malayan Campaign; JM, Number 107, Malayan Invasion Naval Operations; PRO, WO172/38, 9^th Indian Division G Branch War Diary, 7 December 1941; WO172/106, 1/13th Frontier Force Rifles [1/13 Frontier Force] War Diary, 8 December 1941.

2^nd paragraph: "No. 1 Squadron RAAF were in the air"

7.    PRO, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary Appendices, 8 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/38, 9^th Indian Division G Branch War Diary, Appendix 3, 8 December 1941; AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 8 December 1941; H.L. Wrigglesworth, The Japanese Invasion of Kelantan in 1941, Kota Bharu, 1991, 13-18.

3^rd paragraph: "‘hell of a scrap but anticipate recapture’"

8.    SCSC, The Outline of the Malayan Campaign; JM, Number 54, Malaya Operations Record; Number 107, Malaya Invasion Naval Operations; PRO, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary Appendices, 8 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 8 December 1941, reported as late as 1155hrs a "pocket of enemy resistance ... estimated two coys ... being dealt with ..."; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix 0, 8 December 1941; WO172/38, 9^th Indian Division G Branch War Diary Appendix 3, 8 December 1941, log of situation reports from 8^th Indian Brigade, notes at 0215hrs the brigade appreciating the landings as "probably a mistake or a feint," but at 0345hrs "heavy fighting Badang to Sabak"; WO172/106, 1/13 Frontier Force War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/111, 1^st Hyderabad Infantry [1^st Hyderabads] War Diary, 8 December 1941; AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 8 December 1941; IWM, Wild Papers, 66/227/1, Notes on the campaign in Malaya [Wild notes], n/d [spring 1942]; Wrigglesworth, 18-26, 39-50.

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1^st paragraph: "to be platoon-sized pinpricks"

9.    SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign, recorded only three 20 man counterattacks by defenders who "lacked a spirit of assault"; JM, Number 55, Southwest Area Air Operations Phase 1; PRO, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix BB, 8 December 1941; WO172/38, 9^th Indian Division G Branch War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/109, 1^st Mysore Infantry [1^st Mysore] War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/111, 1^st Hyderabad War Diary, 8 December 1941; AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 8 December 1941; CAB106/86, Maltby Despatch; AIR23/8459, History of No. 34 Squadron 1941-42;Wrigglesworth, 54-59.

1^st paragraph: "when they tried to stop the retreat"

10.    PRO, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/109, 1^st Mysore War Diary, 8 December 1941, records being ordered by "brigade" to implement denial at Machang at 1600hrs and then evacaute at 2100hrs; WO172/111, 1^st Hyderabad War Diary, 8 December 1941, describes an intense fight broken off only when ammunition ran out followed by a retreat led by the adjutant, but "Before this withdrawal we lost the c.o. and it is not known what happened to him." Two days later 111 casualties are recorded, including the adjutant. The murder of the two officers was never officially confirmed. An inquiry whitewashed the evacution, which became a stampede when junior officers lost their nerve. AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 8 December 1941; CAB106/86, Maltby Despatch; IWM, Wild Papers, 66/227/1, Wild notes; SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; JM, Number 54, Malaya Operations Record; Wrigglesworth, 59-64.

1^st paragraph: "conceding the coast and bases to the enemy"

11.    SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; JM, Number 107, Malayan Invasion Naval Operations; PRO, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary, 9 December 1941; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix 9 December 1941, Heath phone call to Percival 1015-1040hrs; WO172/38, 9^th Indian Division G Branch War Diary, 8-9 December 1941; WO172/106, 1/13 Frontier Force War Diary, 9 December 1941; WO172/111, 1^st Hyderabad War Diary, 9 December 1941; AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 9 December 1941; IWM, Wild Papers, 66/227/1, Wild notes; Heath Papers, LMH4, notes on the Malayan campaign; Wrigglesworth, 65-67, 73-77.

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1^st paragraph: "should have been its prime target, at Singora"

12.    PRO, AIR23/1870, Employment of Aircraft Malaya, 9 December 1941; A. Warren, Singapore 1942: Britain’s Greatest Defeat, Sydney, 2002, 59-64, for a clear narrative; Probert, 41-42; Allen, 118. Marder, 449, notes that as it was the air attacks delayed the Japanese third wave for many hours. The operations log, PRO, AIR23/3577, and Percival, Despatch, confirm Percival and Pulford agreed to concentrate air attacks at Kota Bharu; Frei, 44; Wrigglesworth, 69-72.

2^nd paragraph: "warning provided by the radar network"

13.    JM, Number 55, Southwest Area Air Operations Phase 1; Number 107, Malayan Invasion Naval Operations; SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 7-11 December 1941; WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 8 December 1941; CAB106/86, Maltby Despatch; Probert, 35, 42-43.

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1^st indented quote: "the six aircraft that could fly"

14.    JM, Number 55, Southwest Area Air Operations, Phase 1; SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 8-10 December 1941; AIR23/8459, History of No. 34 Squadron; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 8-10 December 1941; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix CC, 8 December 1941; CAB106/40, Brooke-Popham Despatch; CAB106/86, Maltby Despatch.

[Chapter seven continued ...]

1^st paragraph: "an attack by more than ten bombers"

15.    PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 8-11 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 8-10 December 1941; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix O, 8 December 1941; CAB106/40, Brooke-Popham Despatch; CAB106/86, Maltby Despatch; Probert, 41-43.

2^nd paragraph: "‘get away with all you can to Butterworth’"

16.    PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 8-10 December 1941, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary and WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 8-9 December 1941, indicate that from early morning 8 December the high command knew the Japanese were unloading at Singora.

2^nd paragraph: "gallantry alone could not even up such bad odds"

17.    PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 9 December 1941; Probert, 44-45.

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1^st paragraph: "gifts to the enemy when evacuated in haste"

18.    PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 9-11 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 9-11 December 1941; CAB106/40, Brooke-Popham Despatch; CAB106/86, Maltby Despatch; Probert, 48-49; CAB106/53, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 4; Shores et al, 101-03.

1^st paragraph: "loading aircraft with ammunition and fuel"

19.    PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 8-9 December 1941; Probert, 43-45, argues "... after the first day the RAF virtually ceased to exist as a means of defence." The case of treason involved Capt. Patrick S.V. Heenan, an Indian Army officer posted to Alor Star as an Air Liaison Officer from June 1941. Heenan apparently worked for the Japanese to pay off a grudge he carried on personal grounds against the British Empire and society. Caught in the act of sending information by radio, he was arrested and sent to Singapore, according to surviving official records. There the paper trail ends, but he was reputedly summarily executed shortly before Singapore surrendered. Heenan can not have done enough damage to be decisive in any way, but his actions probably cost No. 62 Squadron at Alor Star some men and aircraft and added to Japanese information about Norgroup. The only full study is P. Elphick and M. Smith, Odd Man Out: The Story of the Singapore Traitor, U.K., 1993, which exposed the treason but exaggerated its impact. The paper trail in archival records is PRO, WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix Z.1, 10 December 1941; WO172/33, III Indian Corps War Diary, 12, 19, 23-24 December 1941;CAB106/53, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 4; CAB106/86, Maltby Despatch; IWM, Wild Papers, 66/227/1, Wild notes.

1^st paragraph: "and future reinforcement convoys"

20.    PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 10-12 December 1941; AIR23/1870, Note on Air Operations, 9 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 10-12 December 1941; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix, Heath phone call to Percival, 1015hrs 9 December 1941; CAB106/40, Brooke-Popham Despatch; CAB106/86, Maltby Despatch; Percival, Despatch.

2^nd paragraph: "submarines rearranged their patrol lines to keep watch"

21.    PRO, ADM199/1472B, Layton Despatch; Middlebrook and Mahoney, 74-78, 87-99; JM, Number 107, Malaya Invasion Naval Operations; Number 102, Submarine Operations, December 1941-April 1942.

1^st paragraph: "in the early morning hours of 10 December"

22.    PRO, CAB106/40, Brooke-Popham Despatch; ADM199/1472B, Layton Despatch; Churchill, The Grand Alliance, 615-17; Middlebrook and Mahoney, 100-11; Montgomery, ch. 1; Marder, 500-01.

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1^st paragraph: "changed course and headed back towards Singapore"

23.    PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 8-9 December 1941; AIR23/1870, Employment of Aircraft, Malaya, and Appreciation on How to Produce the Maximum Protection for the Fleet during 10/12/41, 9 December 1941; CAB106/40, Brooke-Popham Despatch; CAB106/86, Maltby Despatch; Middlebrook and Mahoney, 106-45; Marder, 387-88; Barnett, Engage the Enemy More Closely, 408-13.

2^nd paragraph: "to intercept the apparent invasion"

24.    PRO, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary, 9-10 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 9-10 December 1941; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendices, 9-10 December 1941; WO172/38, 9^th Indian Division G Branch War Diary, 9-10 December 1941; WO172/124, 22^nd Indian Brigade War Diary, 9-10 December 1941; D. Russell-Roberts, Spotlight on Singapore, London, 1965, 29; Warren, 70-71. The Japanese have no record of being anywhere near Kuantan that night, but some days later small boats with bits and pieces of equipment were found not far away. Warren’s judgement that the troops shot up some fishermen is reasonable.

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1^st paragraph: "moved in to attack just after 1100hrs"

25.    JM, Number 107, Malaya Invasion Naval Operations; Number 102, Submarine Operations, December 1941-April 1942; WO172/124, 22^nd Indian Brigade War Diary, 10 December 1941, records the clear view the troops had of the force, which did not depart until 1045hrs; Middlebrook and Mahoney, 139-43; Barnett, Engage the Enemy More Closely, 411-13; Marder, 438; Warren, 67-68, 72.

2^nd paragraph: "the Japanese won total control of the South China Sea"

26.    PRO, AIR23/3577, RAF Far East log, 10 December 1941; WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary, 10 December 1941; JM, Number 107, Malaya Invasion Naval Operations; AWM54/553/5/12, Malaya Landing Operation (Jap), interrogation of Capt. Sonokawa Kameo, IJN, November 1945, is the most detailed account of the battle by a Japanese participant; Middlebrook and Mahoney, chs. 8-13; Barnett, Engage the Enemy More Closely, 414-21; Marder, 433-39. HMS Tenedos, running low on fuel, turned back the night before.

3^rd paragraph: "‘we were everywhere weak and naked’"

27.    Churchill, The Grand Alliance, 620.

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Indented quote: "vanished as completely as our proud ships"

28.    PRO, ADM199/1472B, Layton Despatch; Percival, Despatch; Montgomery, 88-89; Shennan, 231; Warren, 77-78; A.H.C. Ward et al (eds.), The Memoirs of Tan Kah Kee, Singapore, 1994, 152; G. Rocker, Escaped Singapore ... Heading Homewards, Singapore, 1990, 17.

2^nd paragraph: "abandon the defenders of Singapore to their fate"

29.    PRO, ADM199/1472B; Kimball, Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence, vol. 1, 7-10 December 1941, indicates clearly that the foremost matter on the Prime Minister’s mind was to arrange a meeting in Washington; Churchill, The Grand Alliance, 615-16, acknowledges he and the COS were discussing a very different course of action for Phillips while he was already at sea; Middlebrook and Mahoney, ch. 15, Marder, 479-501, and Gilchrist, 136-38, make useful comments.

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1^st paragraph: "‘rolling stock held for that could be released"

30.    PRO, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 7-8 December 1941; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix CC, 8 December 1941; Heath to Percival telephone call, 1015hrs 9 December 1941; WO172/33, III Indian Corps War Diary, 8 December 1941; IWM, Percival Papers, P.23, F.48, Percival comments on drafts of official history, n/d; Percival, Despatch; Percival, The War in Malaya, 112.

2^nd paragraph: "so the disruption was its own fault"

31.    IWM, Percival Papers, P.23, F.48, Percival comments on drafts of official history, n/d; Percival to Blood, 27 November 1950; Percival, Despatch.

Indented quote: "ready for dawn 8/12 if ordered"

32.    PRO, WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 6-7 December 1941.

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1^st paragraph: "These were clear directions to prepare to advance"

33.    PRO, WO172/33, III Indian Corps War Diary, 29 November, 7-8 December 1941.

Indented quote: "occupy our Defence Positions on the Jitra Line"

34.    PRO, CAB106/53, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 3; WO172/117, 15^th Indian Brigade War Diary, 6, 8 December 1941; WO172/100, 2^nd East Surreys War Diary, 7-8 December 1941.

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2^nd paragraph: "after the British knew of it for certain"

35.    PRO, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/123, 3/16 Punjabi War Diary, 8 December 1941; CAB106/54, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 8; IWM, Heath Papers, LMH4, Notes on the Malayan Campaign; Percival, Despatch.

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1^st paragraph: "leaving the Japanese on The Ledge"

36.    PRO, WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 9 December 1941; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix H 3, 11 December 1941; WO172/123, 3/16 Punjabi War Diary, 15 November, 8-10 December 1941; CAB106/54, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 8; IWM, Heath Papers, LMH4, Notes on the Malayan Campaign; Wild Papers, 66/227/1, Wild notes; Percival, Despatch.

2^nd paragraph: "relieved by 12^th Indian Brigade"

37.    PRO, WO172/15, GHQ Far East War Diary, 11 December 1941; WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendices, N 3, 1900hrs 11 December, Z 3, A 4, C 4, D 4, 12 December, Q 4, C 5, 13 December 1941; WO172/123, 3/16 Punjabi War Diary, 11-14 December 1941; CAB106/54, 11^th Indian Division history, chs. 8-9; IWM, Heath Papers, LMH4, Notes on the Malayan Campaign; Percival, Despatch; Warren, 79-80.

3^rd paragraph: "south from Patani along difficult wet roads"

38.    IWM, Heath Papers, LMH4, Notes on the Malayan Campaign.

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1^st paragraph: "‘in the Second Sikh War of 1848'"

39.    A. Swinson, Defeat in Malaya, London, 1969, 74.

2^nd paragraph: "soaking hard-working troops"

40.    PRO, WO172/100, 2^nd East Surreys War Diary, 8-10 December 1941; WO132/121, 2/9 Jats War Diary, 8-11 December 1941; CAB106/53, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 2, acknowledges higher command and division staff both mishandled the change of plans by not coping with the predictable impact on morale, troops griping at going "back to the effing mud hole"; McEwan, 26; G. Chippington, Singapore: The Inexcusable Betrayal, U.K, 1992, 21, 27-35, is a vivid account by an eyewitness infantry officer.

3^rd paragraph: "the Japanese had tanks right up front"

41.    SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; Tsuji, 89-91; WO172/17, Malaya Command War Diary, 8 December 1941; CAB106/53, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 3; IWM, Heath Papers, LMH4, Notes on the Malayan Campaign; Wild Papers, 66/227/1, Wild notes; Percival, Despatch.

3^rd paragraph: "a defensive position worked on for months"

42.    SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; Tsuji, 107-12; WO172/71, 17^th Field Company Sappers and Miners War Diary, 8 December 1941; WO172/117, 15^th Indian Brigade War Diary, 10 December 1941; CAB106/53, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 3; IWM, Wild Papers, 66/227/1, Wild notes; Percival, Despatch.

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1^st paragraph: "covered by the fire of nearby platoons"

43.    PRO, WO172/33, III Indian Corps War Diary, 9-10 December 1941; WO172/100, 2^nd East Surreys War Diary, 8-10 December 1941; CAB106/53, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 2; Warren, 80-82.

2^nd paragraph: "to get between and behind their positions"

44.    PRO, WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendices H 3, N 3, 11 December 1941; WO172/64, 22^nd Mountain Regiment RA War Diary, 11 December 1941; WO172/71, 17^th Field Company Sappers and Miners War Diary, 11-12 December 1941; WO172/100, 2^nd East Surreys War Diary, 11 December 1941; WO172/116, 155^th Field Regiment RA War Diary, 11 December 1941; WO172/117, 15^th Indian Brigade War Diary, 11 December 1941; WO172/121, 2/9 Jats War Diary, 8-11 December 1941; CAB106/53, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 4; IWM, Heath Papers, LMH4, Notes on the Malayan Campaign; SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; Tsuji, 112-19.

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2^nd paragraph: "He led his company into the attack at 0300hrs"

45.    SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; Tsuji, 119-20.

3^rd paragraph: "counterattacks the defenders were able to mount began"

46.    SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; Tsuji, 120-24; PRO, WO172/121, 2/9 Jats War Diary, 12 December 1941; CAB106/54, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 5.

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1^st paragraph: "Percival ordered Murray-Lyon to fight it out."

47.    PRO, WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix W 3, Reports to Percival and orders issued by him 0830-0935hrs; WO172/123, 3/16 Punjabi War Diary, 12 December 1941; CAB106/54, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 5; Percival, Despatch; Percival, The War in Malaya, 133.

2^nd paragraph: "fighting off all who approached them"

48.    PRO, WO172/121, 2/9 Jats War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/120, 1^st Leicesters War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/100, 2^nd East Surreys War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/71, 17^th Field Company Sappers and Miners War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/64, 22^nd Mountain Regiment War Diary, 12 December 1941; CAB106/54, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 5.

2^nd paragraph: "suffered on the Western Front"

49.    PRO, WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix Z 3, BGS III Corps to BGS 1240hrs 12 December 1941; CAB106/54, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 5; WO172/100, 2^nd East Surreys War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/120, 1^st Leicesters War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/121, 2/9 Jats War Diary, 12 December 1941.

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1^st paragraph: "The division simply was not ready to fight that way."

50.    PRO, WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendix C 4, 12 December 1941; WO172/120, 1^st Leicesters War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/117, 15^th Indian Brigade War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/116, 155^th Field Regiment War Diary, 12 December 1941; CAB106/54, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 5; IWM, Heath Papers, LMH4, Notes on the Malayan Campaign.

2^nd paragraph: "never confident about fighting it out there"

51.    PRO, WO172/64, 22^nd Mountain Regiment War Diary, 10 December 1941; WO172/43, 88^th Field Regiment War Diary, 11 December 1941, notes their commanding officer was ordered that evening to join officers from both 6^th and 28^th Indian Brigades to reconnoiter the Gurun area.

2^nd paragraph: "out of the decisive fight"

52.    SCSC, Outline of the Malayan Campaign; Tsuji, 119-24; PRO, WO172/121, 2/9 Jats War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/120, 1^st Leicesters War Diary, 12 December 1941.

2^nd paragraph: "Percival agreed at 2300hrs and the move began."

53.    PRO, WO172/18, Malaya Command War Diary Appendices G 4, K 4, 12 December 1941; WO172/64, 22^nd Mountain Regiment War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/100, 2^nd East Surreys War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/116, 155^th Field Regiment War Diary, 12 December 1941; WO172/117, 15^th Indian Brigade War Diary, 12 December 1941; CAB106/54, 11^th Indian Division history, ch. 5.

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