Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "\"Britain's Worst Defeat\" - The Battle of Jitra 1941 Animated" video.

  1. You mean the 'slaves' who volunteered to join the allied cause in WW2?
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  2. Italy declared war in June, 1940. The Japanese were neutral until December, 1941. British forces fought in Burma and Malaya until the end of WW2.
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  3.  @DeepakSharma-sp8cr  Apart from that imposed on Indians by other Indians in the pre-Raj days, there was no slavery in India. Or come to that, in any other part of the British Empire after 1833.
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  4. Perhaps because there was no war in Malaya in April, 1941?
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  5.  @shanemcdowall  Just to correct the emotive language, the British, French, & Dutch colonies were not slave colonies. The Japanese were considered a threat, and the British & Americans underestimated their military capabilities, but after the collapse of the French army the actual immediate threat to Britain was, for obvious reasons, given priority. The campaign in Greece had little hope of success, but was undertaken primarily for political rather than military reasons, to demonstrate to other nations that, however hard pressed, Britain would support anyone who sought to resist the axis. Certainly, from a strictly military point of view, O'Connor should have been allowed to complete his victory, as Wavell argued at the time.
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