Kuala Lumpur At War 1939-1945 A History of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor During World War Two

• Main Author: Barber, Andrew 1959- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur Karamoja Press 2012
• Subjects: History > Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); History > Selangor (Malaysia); Japanese occupation, 1942-1945. > History > Malaya
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Andrew Barber, who lives in Malaysia with his wife and two children, has spent his life intrigued by history, and after a career as a diplomat, the Brit settled here in Malaysia and began to develop his passion through writing and research.It has been a productive time for Andrew, and his latest boo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. War clouds
• west and east
• 2. War with Germany
• 3. Malaya attacked
• 4. Kuala Lumpur under attack
• 5. Kuala Lumpur abandoned
• 6. Occupation
• 7. Exodus
• 8. Kempetei, Sook Chin and the reign of terror
• 9. Pudu Prison
• 10. Comfort houses and the case of Doris van der Straaten
• 11. Communities
• 12. Death railways
• 13. Governance
• 14. Daily life
• 15. Wartime economy
• 16. Shifting tide of war
• 17. Communists and colonialists
• 18. British return
• 19. British military administration
• 20. Kuala Lumpur small war crimes trials.