The defeat of 90,000 Commonwealth soldiers by 50,000 Japanese
soldiers made the World War II Battle for Malaya an important
encounter for both political and military reasons. British military
prestige was shattered, fanning the fires of nationalism in Asia,
especially in India. Japan's successful tactics in Malaya—rapid
marches, wide outflanking movement along difficult terrain,
nocturnal attacks, and roadblocks—would be repeated in Burma in
1942–43. Until the Allied command evolved adequate
countermeasures, Japanese soldiers remained supreme in the field.
Looking beyond the failures of command, Kaushik Roy focuses on
tactics of the ground battle that unfolded in Malaya between
December 1941 and February 1942. His analysis includes the
organization of the Indian Army—the largest portion of
Commonwealth troops—and compares it to the British and Australian
armies that fought side by side with Indian soldiers. Utilizing
both official war office records and unofficial memoirs,
autobiographies, and oral histories, Roy presents a synthesis of
history from the top with history from below and provides a thick
narrative of operations interwoven with tactical analysis of the
Battle for Malaya.
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