ABSTRACT
Churchill’s angry exchanges with his military chiefs of mid-January 1942 began what has turned into a never-ending post-mortem, and one conducted as much in the public eye as on the pages of books. Almost as soon as he had dashed off instructions to prepare Singapore’s coastal guns for landward firing, Churchill was faced with a secret debate in the British House of Commons. Beginning on 27 January 1942 this ended, after three days, with an overwhelming vote of confidence in his government. British parliamentarians knew that Churchill was the best they had, whatever happened at Singapore.
