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<blockquote data-quote="BrewingFrog" data-source="post: 3361150" data-attributes="member: 28"><p>The film takes place in the aftermath of the complete collapse of the British Army in Malaysia, resulting the the fall of Singapore. The fall of Java and all the Dutch East Indies along with the destruction of the ABDA Fleet (Including the "Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast" the heavy cruiser <em>Houston</em>) followed closely along. <em>Six straight months</em> of brutal and costly defeats with not an single victory to celebrate. In the words of Wellington, "It was a close-run thing." Between the defense of the Kokoda Trail, and the counter-offensive of the Chindits (See: Viscount Slim, <em>Defeat Into Victory</em> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeat_into_Victory" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeat_into_Victory</a> ) the Allied victory against the Japanese hung on very slender threads...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrewingFrog, post: 3361150, member: 28"] The film takes place in the aftermath of the complete collapse of the British Army in Malaysia, resulting the the fall of Singapore. The fall of Java and all the Dutch East Indies along with the destruction of the ABDA Fleet (Including the "Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast" the heavy cruiser [I]Houston[/I]) followed closely along. [I]Six straight months[/I] of brutal and costly defeats with not an single victory to celebrate. In the words of Wellington, "It was a close-run thing." Between the defense of the Kokoda Trail, and the counter-offensive of the Chindits (See: Viscount Slim, [I]Defeat Into Victory[/I] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeat_into_Victory[/URL] ) the Allied victory against the Japanese hung on very slender threads... [/QUOTE]
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