The NUS History Alumni Association is hosting (for the first time) a Mad Hatters Party at the new NUS Alumni House next Friday. Details are… »
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Syonan Reflections (Part 2): How to build an ‘Army’
by Alvin Lee I have been crazy about plastic models of German Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFV) since primary three. But I loved the small plastic German soldiers even more, in particular their uniform and equipment variations. It was every boy’s dream to own a German WW2 helmet (the predecessor to the modern PASGT shaped helmet)…. »
Syonan Reflections (Part 1): Who We Are
by Alvin Lee “Excuse me. Where did you get this uniform from?†This is perhaps the most asked question we get. Nope. We are not a vendor at Beach Road’s buzzing army market. We are a sub-culture of collectors of original and reproduction World War Two militaria If the word “militaria†is new to your… »
Politics of Defence Acquisitions: Singapore and the Hawker Hunters (Part 2)
by Koh Zhongwei, Alvin Continuing Politics of Defence Acquisitions: Singapore and the Hawker Hunters Part 1 The implication of going along with the Singaporeans was that to do so would well place the Kuala Lumpur conference in jeopardy. A row between the local partners at this stage could very well have led to an Australian… »
Politics of Defence Acquisitions: Singapore and the Hawker Hunters (Part 1)
by Koh Zhongwei, Alvin Singapore acquisition of Hawker Hunters from the United Kingdom in 1970 seemed a straight-forward economic transaction in theory, but in reality proved anything but simple.[i] Despite British obligation to help Singapore build up its armed forces in light of their accelerated withdrawal[ii], the British government was highly reluctant to sell such… »
Not Just a Foreigner’s War: A Review of “The Battle of Pasir Panjang Revisitedâ€
by Edgar Liao “The worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history†British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s un-mincing pronouncement prefaces not a few accounts of the fall of Malaya and Singapore to a relentless Japanese invasion from December 1941 to January 1942. While no expert on the Malayan Campaign at all, it seems to me… »