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Given that it's just been the 65th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, WI somehow Gen A.E. Percival had regained his nerve & decided to follow Churchill's exhortations to fight to the last man against Yamashita's (much smaller) attacking forces by 13th Feb 1942 ? Could the numerically superior British, Indian & AIF troops have viably tried to force the IJA to fight house-to-house a la Stalingrad, & mounted counter-attacks to recapture the reservoirs in Jap hands ? Would the fall of Singapore have still been inevitable, but with higher civilian casualties, & with what effects on Japanese capabilities & strengths ?
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