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On the 15th of February 1942, Lt General Arthur Percival signed the largest surrender in British history at Singapore. The city was supposed to be a fortress...
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Arthur Ernest Percival CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, MC, OStJ, DL (26 Desember 1887 – 31 Januari 1966) adalah seorang perwira Angkatan Darat Britania Raya yang paling dikenal sebagai komandan pasukan Negara-negara Persemakmuran di Malaya Britania (kini Malaysia dan Singapura) yang dikalahkan Angkatan Darat Kekaisaran Jepang yang menaklukkan Malaya pada bulan Februari 1942 setelah berakhirnya ...
General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General Arthur Percival stand behind General Douglas MacArthur as the latter signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945 aboard the USS Missouri. Courtesy of the US Department of Defense. But for all the people, pomp, and power, this was MacArthur’s day.
Arthur Percival was born on December 26, 1887, in Hertfordshire, England. After schooling at Rugby, he became a clerk for an iron mercantile company. When World War I erupted, Percival enlisted as a private but was quickly promoted to second lieutenant. Within three months he was again promoted to captain.
28 de jun. de 2017 · Lieut.-Gen. Arthur Ernest Percival. Eschenburg Press, Jun 28, 2017 - History - 292 pages. Arthur Ernest Percival, the General commanding in Malaya at the time of the catastophic events of 1941 and 1942, gives his authoritative account of the campaign. “THE fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 was a great shock both to Britain and to her Allies.
Arthur Ernest Percival (Aspenden, Inglaterra, 26 de diciembre de 1887 - Westminster, Londres, 31 de enero de 1966) fue un teniente general británico. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial , fue el comandante en jefe del Ejército Británico y del Ejército de la Commonwealth durante las batallas de Malasia y de Singapur .
26 de mar. de 2019 · The Battle of Singapore was fought January 31 to February 15, 1942, during World War II (1939-1945) between the British and Japanese armies. The British army of 85,000 men was led by Lieutenant General Arthur Percival, while the Japanese regiment of 36,000 men was headed by Lieutenant General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
