"DID SINGAPORE HAVE TO FALL?"
Churchill and the impregnable fortress
Karl Hack and Kevin Blackburn
p.54
"Colonel Tsuji, who helped plan the campaign, claims they eventually landed over 400 guns and 120 tanks and armoured cars, and over 60,000 men (including at least 42,000 frontline infantry). When the immediate support troops, such as artillery and engineers, are added, the total came to considerably more.
They also had at their disposal the reserve 56th Division, which in the end was not
needed. Those who were landed included the 5th and 18th Infantry Divisions, both well
seasoned by fighting in China, and the unblooded but highly regarded Imperial Guards
Division."
p.179
Appendix B
JAPANESE FORCES IN DECEMBER 1941
Japanese imperial forces as of 7 December 1941
Total 25th Army available to Lieutenant-General Yamashita according
to Tsuji1
• Imperial Guards (Lt-General Nishimura) 13,000
• 5th Division (Lt-General Matsui) 16,000
• 18th division (Lt-General Mutaguchi) 13,000
• 56th Division (transferred to 15th Army for Burma)
• 3rd Tank Brigade 80 tanks
• Artillery
• Supporting arms.
Total Japanese strength deployed according to Tsuji
• 60,000 men
• 400 guns
• 120 tanks and armoured cars.
