Backs to Sea in Far East

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1142

Date Released

9 Feb 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Backs to Sea in Far East
2. 2Capetown Plans for Prosperity
3. 3Halfaya Stormed

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

General Wavell makes survey of Singapore defences as reinforcements arrive. Governor of Burma and the Premier, Sir Paw Tun, supervise ARP in Rangoon.

Keywords

Politics and government; Civil defence; Military

Library number

11707

Length of story (in feet)

257

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