Question: The Long Pursuit is a 1967 novel about the escape of survivors from what battle where the Empire of Japan invaded the British stronghold of Singapore?
Sentence (from "South-East Asian theatre of World War II"): Conflict in this theatre began when the Empire of Japan invaded French Indochina in September 1940 and rose to a new level following the Raid on Pearl Harbor, and simultaneous attacks on Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Malaya on 7/8 December 1941.
Relevant evidence: No