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... Allied fighters are on their way to the Singapore area. In the background, Russia and China lie like vast shadows. Tomozuki Yamashita is a worried man because his side is being strafed from our secret airfields. But there are more airfields building and more ...

Published: Monday 09 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 260 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Japs Will be Blitzed From

... Japs Will be Blitzed From MOST worried man In the Far East to-dav. and thats saying something, is Tomozuki Yamashita, Inspector-General of Japanese Army aviation. I remember him as a fine pilot, modelling himself on monocled General Lohr Com- mander of ...

Published: Monday 09 February 1942
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 285 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... * * * BUT Yamashita is worried. He will never climb the Rising Sun throne if this goes on. What goes on? Why, this day and night blitzing of his troops and aerodromes and transport . . . from where? Marylands, Fortresses, Blenheims, Dutch Fokkers are ...

Published: Monday 09 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 144 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Why Tomozuki has a headache

... something) is Tomozuki Yamashita, Inspector-General of Japanese Army Aviation. I remember him as a fine pilot, modelling himself on monocled General Lohr. Commander of the 4th German Air Fleet, and a hater of Britain. Yamashita has a personal gamble in ...

Published: Monday 09 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 607 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... home. Just as it was landing, the bomber saw its pursuer turning away at top speed with information that would have given Yamashita the power to land us a blow over the heart. Now, that British bomber had about enough petrol left to fly twice round the ...

Published: Monday 09 February 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TIME 630 pm to 80 am EVENING TELEGRAPH TUESDAY FEBRUARY 106 pm RISES 50 am (To-morrow) LORD MR CHURCHILL AND

... radio reports that Japanese have showered tens of thousands leaflets over Singapore demanding surrender made Lieut -General Yamashita Commander-in-Cbief of forces Malaya Reuter LIBYA CASUALTIES Edward said in House of Commons to-day that 2908 out of the 18000 ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 5304 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SINGAPORE RADIO: OMINOUS SILENCE

... showered tens of thousands of leaflets over Singapore demanding surrender. The demand was made by Lieut. - General Obufumi Yamashita, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese forces Malaya. New Landing In Celebes. It is officially announced from Batavia that the ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 760 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

JAPA 3 NESE AGCOIMT How Singapore Island Was Invaded % '¦ : ' TANK UMTS LA 3 NDED on morning , the communique ..

... THE ENEMY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF . - The Japanese expeditionary forces in Malaya are commanded- \ yy L ! eui--General Tomoyuld Yamashita . tlie Domei Agency adds . He went to China on the outbreak of the ^ Sino-Japanese War and was later • appointed Chief of ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1267 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WITHDRAWALS BY BRITISH TROOPS

... “SURRENDER CALL” STORY Berlin radio, quoting the Tokio newspaper Ni-chi Shimbun,” to-day. says Lieut,- General Obufumi Yamashita. C-in-C of the Japanese troops , attacking Singapore, has called General Pereival Thousands of leaflets, calling i for surrender ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 758 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MORE LANDINGS ON SINGAPORE ISLAND

... have showered tens of thousands leaflets over Singapore demanding surrender. The demand was made by Lieut.- General Obufumi Yamashita, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese forces in Malaya.— Reuter. The situation on Singapore Island seems to be changing rapidly ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1383 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NEW ENEMY LANDINGS ON THE ISLAND

... encircled: occupation of Tenga Aerodrome; landing of Japanese troops a point east of Johore Causeway; and that General Yamashita. Japanese Commander, had called on General Percival to surrender, thousands of leaflets demanding surrender having been dropped ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 533 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TROOPS AT BAY ON “STRONG LINE”

... about 23 battalions of mixed volunteer troops. JAP C.-IN-C. The Japs in Malaya are commanded Lieutenant-General Tomoyuki Yamashita. He has been chief of staff of the expeditionary forces in China, and in December 1940 was sent to the European war front ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1942
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1271 | Page: 3 | Tags: none