{"id":62924,"date":"2021-01-31T04:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=62924"},"modified":"2021-01-30T13:46:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T18:46:15","slug":"fortress-singapore-stands-alone-ww2-127-january-30-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/01\/31\/fortress-singapore-stands-alone-ww2-127-january-30-1942\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortress Singapore Stands Alone! &#8211; WW2 &#8211; 127 &#8211; January 30, 1942"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Uwgi9WhGRU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 30 Jan 2021<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese advance on Singapore has gotten close enough that the British have destroyed the causeway to Singapore Island. The Japanese are also making attacks in the Solomon Islands, Burma, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies &mdash; their threat to Australia is real. Erwin Rommel&#8217;s surprise spoiler offensive in North Africa takes Benghazi, and on the eastern front the Soviets break a hole in the German lines in the north even as the temperature drops to the -50s.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nBetween 2 Wars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSource list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written and Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Maria Kyhle<br \/>\nPost-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns<br \/>\nResearch by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nEdited by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nSound design: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nMap animations: Eastory (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/eastory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/eastory<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Colorizations by:<br \/>\n&#8211; Miko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\n&#8211; Jaris Almazani (Artistic Man) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/artistic.man\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/artistic.man<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Norman Stewart &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n&#8211; JoJan, Berserker276 &#8211; from Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n&#8211; National Portrait Gallery<br \/>\n&#8211; Termometer by Andi Nur Abdillah from the Noun Project<br \/>\n&#8211; Bundesarchiv &#8211; Bild 101I-811-1881-33<br \/>\n&#8211; Mil.ru<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8211; Rannar Sillard &#8211; &#8220;Easy Target&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Jo Wandrini &#8211; &#8220;Dragon King&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Rannar Sillard &#8211; &#8220;Split Decision&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Craft Case &#8211; &#8220;Secret Cargo&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Reynard Seidel &#8211; &#8220;Rush of Blood&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Flouw &#8211; &#8220;A Far Cry&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Fabien Tell &#8211; &#8220;Weapon of Choice&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Johan Hynynen &#8211; &#8220;Dark Beginning&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Gunnar Johnsen &#8211; &#8220;Not Safe Yet&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Fabien Tell &#8211; &#8220;Last Point of Safe Return&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Archive by Screenocean\/Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-31-Fortress-Singapore-Stands-Alone-\u2013-WW2-\u2013-127-\u2013-January-30-1942.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-31-Fortress-Singapore-Stands-Alone-\u2013-WW2-\u2013-127-\u2013-January-30-1942-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-31-Fortress-Singapore-Stands-Alone-\u2013-WW2-\u2013-127-\u2013-January-30-1942-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-31-Fortress-Singapore-Stands-Alone-\u2013-WW2-\u2013-127-\u2013-January-30-1942-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-31-Fortress-Singapore-Stands-Alone-\u2013-WW2-\u2013-127-\u2013-January-30-1942-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-31-Fortress-Singapore-Stands-Alone-\u2013-WW2-\u2013-127-\u2013-January-30-1942.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 30 Jan 2021 The Japanese advance on Singapore has gotten close enough that the British have destroyed the causeway to Singapore Island. The Japanese are also making attacks in the Solomon Islands, Burma, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies &mdash; their threat to Australia is real. Erwin Rommel&#8217;s surprise spoiler [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1118,7,24,5,683,1119,13,230],"tags":[656,1222,485,1274,655,433,1227],"class_list":["post-62924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-germany","category-history","category-japan","category-military","category-pacific","category-russia","category-usa","category-ww2","tag-malaysia","tag-northafrica","tag-philippines","tag-rommel","tag-singapore","tag-sovietunion","tag-timeghost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-gmU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62927,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62924\/revisions\/62927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}