PART ONE 1
1．WAR WITHOUT PREPARATION 1
2．THE DORO NAWA UNIT 3
3．SOUTHWARD ADVANCE？NORTHWARD THRUST？ 14
4．HASTY OPERATION ORDERS 23
5．WHIRLWIND TO THE SOUTH 26
6．ARMY COMMANDER YAMASHITA 34
7．A SECRET RECONNAISSANCE 41
8．ORTHODOX OR UNORTHODOX TACTICS？ 52
9．THE ARMY AND NAVY OPERATIONS AGREEMENT 57
10．A DREAM PLAN 64
11．TOWARDS EMBARKATION 67
PART TWO 72
12．THE THRESHOLD OF FATE 72
13．SINGORA＇S WAVES ARE HIGH 79
14．COLLAPSE OF A DREAM 82
15．THE ASSAULT ON KOTA BHARU 93
16．THE LAST OF THE BRITISH FAR EASTERN SQUANDRON 96
17．A DEATH IN BANGKOK 103
PART THREE 107
18．THE BREAK THROUGH THE JITRA LINE 107
19．EXTRAORDINARY TACTICS 111
20．A CHANCE EXPLOIT 119
21．THE CHURCHILL SUPPLIES 128
22．ADVANCING WITH THE CALENDAR 130
23．THE CAPTURE OF PENANG 135
24．THE PERAK RIVER OBSTACLE 137
25．CROSSING THE PERAK 142
PART FOUR 148
26．DYING WISHES TO A BELOVED WIFE 148
27．SMALL-BOAT OPERATIONS DUMBFOUND THE ENEMY 153
28．NEW YEAR＇S EVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD 156
29．＂THAT WHICH ONE SOWS…＂ 160
30．A THRUST THROUGH THE JUNGLE 165
31．DIVERGENT OPINIONS 167
32．TWO YOUNG WARRIORS 171
33．THE FALL OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL 176
34．ARE THE OSAKA SOLDIERS WEAK？ 180
35．THE BICYCLISTS 183
PART FIVE 186
36．AMMUNITION SUPPLIES 186
37．THE PURSUIT SUSTAINED 190
38．BREAKING THROUGH GEMAS 193
39．COMMAND OF THE SKIES 197
40．IS JEALOUSY THE MONOPOLY OF WOMEN？ 198
41．MOPPING UP BAKRI 202
42．THE ARRIVAL OF THE ASSAULT GROUPS 206
43．DEEP EMOTION IN JOHORE BAHRU 210
PART SIX 216
44．SINGAPORE－THE PIVOT 216
45．THE PLAN OF CAPTURE 219
46．THE BATTLE PLAN FOR THE ASSAULT 223
47．TO THE HEIGHTS OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE 227
48．DISTRESSING PREPARATIONS 230
49．A DEMONSTRATION TO MISLEAD THE ENEMY 234
50．THE BLUE SIGNAL FLARES 237
51．THE ONLY MISTAKE 243
52．SLAUGHTER ON BUKIT TIMAH 245
53．WELCOMING THE KIGEN FESTIVAL 252
54．THE TRUE SPIRIT 259
55．HOISTING THE WHITE FLAG 265
PART SEVEN 272
56．RUSHING THE CAMERA 272
57．WARNING AGAINST CELEBRATION 274
58．SHARING THE JOY 276
Citations 282
Appendix 1 READ THIS ALONE－AND THE WAR CAN BE WON 295
Appendix 2 EAST ASIA FEDERATION 350
Appendix 3 THE BRITISH GARRISON IN MALAYA 352
Index 353