Dispatches in this volume include that on the Far East between October
1940 and December 1941, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham;
the dispatch on operations in Hong Kong between 8 and 25 December 1941,
by Major-General C.M. Maltby, General Officer Commanding British Troops
in China; the report on the air operations during the campaigns in
Malaya and Netherland East Indies between December 1941 and March 1942;
and the important dispatch by Percival detailing the fall of Malaya and
Fortress Singapore.
This unique collection of original documents will prove to be an
invaluable resource for historians, students and all those interested in
what was one of the most significant periods in British military
history.