History Please Bob

@robertdownes.bsky.social

1 year ago

#ww2 #militaryhistory #20thcentury #fallofsingapore #dailyww2question Just how much did General Percival know about the Japanese treatment prisoners of war when he ordered the surrender of 85,000 men to 36,000 Japanese at Singapore?

History Please Bob

@robertdownes.bsky.social

1 year ago

#ww2 #militaryhistory #20thcentury #crete #dailyww2question #operationmercury If General Freyburg had have defended the air fields with all available forces on Crete in response to the ultra intelligence, and ignored the threat of seaborne invasion, would Operation Mercury have failed?