ASIN: B00OI2A9RK
Publisher: Jane Marshall
Pages: 191
Harry Tweedale's war years would see their share of drama, excitement, horror and loss. He would witness the withdrawal from Malaya, the loss of Singapore and the ensuing chaos. Chaos that he would witness from his position amongst the lowest ranks. Harry had attended a prestigious grammar school but the Depression years had meant leaving early, without final academic qualifications, in order to take up the offer of paid employment. Conscripted in 1941, he would consequently enter the services at the lowest level - RAF AC2, Aircraftman (Second Class). Trained as a Signalman he was sent immediately into the Far East theatre of war, arriving in Singapore just as the Japanese threat was gathering force. Harry would feel dropped into an alien world, into a campaign disastrously equipped, chaotically led and without a vestige of apparent organisation. Communication as to strategy, plans ...
