The loss of Singapore and subsequent capture of 80,000 men marked the single largest surrender in history. As said by the old Prime Minister himself, it was Britain’s “largest capitulation”.

A similar figure did the same in every far-flung corner of the British Empire, from Malta to Singapore. Once the censors were in position, instructions had told them to send a message to London ...

Beats called The Singapore Grip "a kick in the teeth ... "Its very subject is possibly the greatest catastrophe to befall the British Empire during its decline, a disaster the colonists were ...