The authentic and gripping account of the author's escape from Singapore as the Japanese invaded in 1942 during WWII-the event Churchill called: "the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history" As the enemy move into the Johore Straits and down the Malay peninsula, the author describes in detail his grueling experiences, fleeing Singapore by land and sea, where he is shot at from the air, bombed and shipwrecked, and forced to escape through jungle while the relentless aerial bombardments continue. Deserving its place in the first-hand accounts of civilian adventures during WWII, Singapore to Freedom is not only a compelling narrative of the hazards and hardships of his experience, but also illuminates in great detail what later became know as "the Malayan tragedy", offering many unique insights into the situation in South-East Asia at the time. Colonel O.W. Gilmour's absorbing writing makes for a book as engaging today as when it was first published in 1943.