Malaysia - World War II from The Penang Bookshelf

Singapore: Media Masters, 1991. Map. New. New. This large folding map that not only gives detailed accounts in text and pictures of the principal battles during the Japanese conquest of Malaysia, but also gives a day by day chronicle of events from the start to finish of the 70 day operation. The text is in Japanese Weight… Read more about this item

Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. In a clear style, the author explains the military backgrounds of the combatants, details of the action and personal experiences of those involved in Britain's greatest military defeat. 158 pages with an index and over 40 black and white photographs. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has… Read more about this item

Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 2007. First edition. Hard Cover. New/new. In this book one of Malaysia's leading historians has, from survivors' accounts and documentary records, painstakingly reconstructed the experiences of the European subjects of Brooke rule in Sarawak during World War II. This is the first comprehensive treatment of this important footnote to the history of the war… Read more about this item

., Singapore: National Archives Of Singapore And Epigram Pte Ltd, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. An account of the Japanese occupation drawing extensively on the oral history of Singaporeans so as to give one of the few accounts of the occupation from an Asian perspective. 340 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for… Read more about this item

Orlando, USA: Harcourt, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. The first full account of what happened to the surviving crew of a US B-24 bomber shot down in 1944 while attempting to attack the Japanese fleet in Brunei Bay. Some twenty years later the author managed to interview members of the crew and residents of Borneo in order to piece… Read more about this item

London: Ernest Benn, 1950.. Hardcover. Good/fair. Gilmour, a civil engineer who escaped Singapore in 1942, was part of both the British team planning for a return to the city in the final days of the Pacific war and also a senior member of the administration set up to take over from the Japanese. His account not only gives… Read more about this item

Kota Kinabalu: Arkib Negeri Sabah, 2010. Paperback. New. A survey of the experiences of both the population of what was then British North Borneo and the allied forces taken prisoner there during the Japanese occupation of the territory. The work is based mainly on oral accounts collected at the time of the 60th anniversary of the Sandakan Memorial.… Read more about this item

Essex, UK: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1994. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Set in war time Malaya, this play dramatises the plight of a British army patrol checking on Japanese movements as they advanced towards Singapore. The patrol takes a Japanese prisoner. With clever dramatic tension, through the differing reaction of the captors, Hall poses the central question of war… Read more about this item

Singapore: Landmark Books, 2003. Paperback. New. The Changi Murals are a set of four murals depicting Christian scenes that were painted by Stanley Warren on the walls of St. Luke's chapel at Changi, where prisoners of war of the Japanese were kept. Although their existence is reasonably well known to residents of and visitors to Singapore, the story… Read more about this item

L. Smith(WA) Pty Ltd T/A J.Sue WA Skindivers, 2002. Revised edition. Paperback. Near Fine. The account of an Australian special operations operative of his exploits behind enemy lines in Borneo during World War II. 367 pages with several black and white photographs. Weight: 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia Apart from a bump at the base of the spine,… Read more about this item

Singapore: Heinemann, 1987. Paperback. Near Fine. A little know fact about the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942, is that plans had been laid weeks before for troops to escape, should the city fall. This book is an account of those preparations and the execution of the plan which not only saved many lives but enabled… Read more about this item

Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 2007. First edition. Paperback. New. The literature on the Japanese occupation of Borneo is not so extensive as that on the Japanese occupation of peninsular Malaya. The author, the son of a North Borneo civil servant, who was interned by the Japanese. He himself started his schooling during the occupation. 119 pages. Please… Read more about this item

Sydney, Australia: Page Publications. Paperback. Good. The Japanese persuade Chinese born Australian to provide information on his mates. An interesting piece of pulp fiction set in Malaysia and New Guinea durng World War II. 128 pages. Weight: 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a bit of wear and a crease at the front top right corner.… Read more about this item

Dehradun, India: Natraj Publishers. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. Percival, very often cited as the scapegoat for the rapid British capitulation to the Japanese, gives his full and comprehensive account of why he and the 85,000 troops under his command couldn't cope. Very Good Hardback in a Fine Dust Jacket. Reprint. Originally published in 1946 312 pages. Weight… Read more about this item

Singapore: NUS Press, 2012. Fourth edition. Paperback. New. New. When it comes to racial conflict in Malaysia, most people immediately think of 13th May 1989 forgetting the far more serious series of racial clashes and killings that took place between Chinese and Malays in the immediate aftermath of the World War II. Politicians have tried to forget about… Read more about this item