TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!

Volume 5 - No. 123 - March 10, 1942

I Was There! - Grim Was Our Flight From the Doomed City

Mar1942

I Was There! - Grim Was Our Flight From the Doomed City

The majority of the British women and children were evacuated from Singapore before the final Japanese assault. From The Daily Mail correspondent, Cedric Salter, came this impression of the scene on o

Read more

Full index of this magazine

  • Singapore: The Way to Lose an Empire
  • From Brest Hitler's Ships Got Safe Home
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • From Rangoon to Darwin One Long Battle
  • In Russia the Cossacks Ride Again
  • Our Diary of the War
  • One Crime Only Can Rob Us of Victory
  • Above Singapore Floated the Flag of Japan
  • I Was There! - Singapore Was Burning as I Packed My Bag
  • I Was There! - Grim Was Our Flight From the Doomed City
  • I Was There! - My Farewell Visit to the Great Naval Base
  • Editor's Postscript