Comments by "DrScopeify" (@drscopeify) on "The largest surrender in British history | Singapore, 1942" video.

  1. Very interesting in terms of the strategic defense. Due to the terrain of Malaysia at the time, I think a winning strategy on land would require very very large amount of defensive forts, and multiple layers of artillery and AA guns as well as high quality wide roads crisscrossing the island and large quick response motorized armies would be needed at central points rather than spread out along the coasts, but the area was just far too undeveloped on every factor for this to happen. The local population I think was also an issue, people were overall struggling to survive on a daily basis let alone to rise up to defend their own land which might not have been a priority for many reasons, the treatment by the British, the lack of self identity due to being under foreign rule, lack of education and world perception at the time. This is very different today of course, just the aspect of self identity today would be an incredible force and lead to determination to defend a homeland, this just wasn't the case under British rule, at least not anywhere near the extent it is today.
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