Singapore Hangs in the Balance (Patreon)

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2021-01-27 20:35:15

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2023-06

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This week, under supplied U.S troops are yet again forced back in the Philippines, while at Singapore attempts to defend the vital port city seem only symbolic, though there is some luck at sea in the Pacific. In North Africa, the German forces see some success, but are forced to stop and wait for resupply before they're able to turn it into a full triumph. In the Soviet Union, temperatures hit an unthinkable -50 Celsius as both German and Soviet troops carry out excruciating offensive and defensive manoeuvres.

Finally, to understand what it means to be short of supplies in war, we leave you with this classic World War Two Poem.

The Battling Bastards of Bataan

We’re the battling bastards of Bataan;
No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam.
No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces,
No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces.
And nobody gives a damn.
Nobody gives a damn.

- Frank Hewlett

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Fortress Singapore Stands Alone! - WW2 - 127 - January 30, 1942

The Japanese advance on Singapore has gotten close enough that the British have destroyed the causeway to Singapore Island. The Japanese are also making attacks in the Solomon Islands, Burma, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies- their threat to Australia is real. Erwin Rommel's surprise spoiler offensive in North Africa takes Benghazi, and on the eastern front the Soviets break a hole in the German lines in the north even as the temperature drops to the -50s. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join The TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost?sub_confirmation=1 Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day -https://www.instagram.com/ww2_day_by_day/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Source list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Written and Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns Research by: Indy Neidell Edited by: Iryna Dulka Sound design: Marek Kamiński Map animations: Eastory (https://www.youtube.com/c/eastory) Colorizations by: - Mikołaj Uchman - Jaris Almazani (Artistic Man), https://instagram.com/artistic.man?igshid=k4l2ushhbwk5 - Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/ Sources: - JoJan, Berserker276 - from Wikimedia Commons - National Portrait Gallery - Termometer by Andi Nur Abdillah from the Noun Project - Bundesarchiv - Bild 101I-811-1881-33 - Mil.ru Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound: - Rannar Sillard - Easy Target - Jo Wandrini - Dragon King - Rannar Sillard - Split Decision - Craft Case - Secret Cargo - Reynard Seidel - Rush of Blood - Flouw - A Far Cry - Fabien Tell - Weapon of Choice - Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning - Gunnar Johnsen - Not Safe Yet - Fabien Tell - Last Point of Safe Return Archive by Screenocean/Reuters https://www.screenocean.com. A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.