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<blockquote data-quote="jgarden" data-source="post: 9206188" data-attributes="member: 22001"><p>Only the British would have all there big guns pointing out to sea at Singapore, never expecting a land based attack. Apparently it was the "common knowledge" of the time, that the Japanese soldiers could not engage in night attacks because they were Oriental and anyone with "slanted" eyes could not see at night. </p><p></p><p>My grandfather served with the Canadians in WW1, and said that the "colonial" troops disliked the British Officer corps more than the Germans. Colonial troops were considered inferior, expendible and ofter used as "shock" troops that suffered the highest casualities. My grandfather said that the real reason casualties among British officers were so high because they were often under fire - from both sides.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/bow.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bow:" title="bow :bow:" data-shortname=":bow:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgarden, post: 9206188, member: 22001"] Only the British would have all there big guns pointing out to sea at Singapore, never expecting a land based attack. Apparently it was the "common knowledge" of the time, that the Japanese soldiers could not engage in night attacks because they were Oriental and anyone with "slanted" eyes could not see at night. My grandfather served with the Canadians in WW1, and said that the "colonial" troops disliked the British Officer corps more than the Germans. Colonial troops were considered inferior, expendible and ofter used as "shock" troops that suffered the highest casualities. My grandfather said that the real reason casualties among British officers were so high because they were often under fire - from both sides.:bow: [/QUOTE]
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