Is there a plausible situation in which the British could have held Singapore against the Japanese during WW2?
Is there a plausible situation in which the British could have held Singapore against the Japanese during WW2?
Better question might be " What are the effects of Singapore actually holding out?'
I read online a while ago that Admiral John Jellicoe visited Singapore in 1919 and said that the position, as it was, was virtually undefendable from an attack overland across Malaya and said that the main British base of operations in the Pacific should be in Darwin instead. He suggested building a Naval Base in Singapore but also suggested one in Darwin and leaned towards Darwin being the more important.
Well, considering my source was an online referance that I can even remember where I got it from I think your version is more correct.