Neat thread...Fascinating stories today..the war and Carol Lombard’s death. Few recall today that at the time of her death, she was the top grossing and most popular female star.<P.
From a purely military perspective, the Jap invasion of Malaysia, the march through the jugle to take Singapore, is a remarkable achievement.. of course the fat the the Brit coastal guns faced the WRONG way and couldn’t be turned around didn’t hurt them...
Or that what could be pointed toward the mainland were of little use since all they had was armor piercing ammunition