The+Fall+of+Singapore

The Fall Of Singapore”  -     The key to British power in South East Asia was the naval base at Pearl Harbour  -     Japan needed to meet and defeat the British if they were to establish their Greater East Asia Prosperity Sphere.  -     Under General Tomoyuki Yamashita the Japanese 18th Divison made rapidly progressed forcing allied troops to retreat South  -     The Japansese used “lighting warefare’ with over 200 tanks, armoured vehicles and troops using all available transport allowing them to move quickly and outflank Allied forces  -     As they had no tanks, the allies still fought gamely to slow the Japanese advance