Hostages to Fortune
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2nd world war
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Author_Arthur Nicholson
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end of british supremacy in the far east
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fall of singapore
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Repulse
japanese
second world war
Winston Churchill and the Loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse
world war 2
world war ii
world war two
ww2
wwii
Product details
- ISBN 9780750939485
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Feb 2005
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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When the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese bombers on 10 December 1941, Winston Churchill is on record as having said 'In all the war I never received a more direct shock'. Their loss led to the fall of Singapore to the Japanese and the end of British supremacy in the Far East.
Arthur Nicholson is a practicing lawyer and a graduate of the Georgetown University Foreign Service where he studied International politics and history. He has been interested in warships and naval history since childhood, and worked as a volunteer with historians and veterans at the National Museum of the Pacific War. Arthur lives in San Antonio, Texas, USA, This is his first book.
