Leftenan Adnan

Leftenan Adnan is a 2000 Malaysian war film directed by Aziz M. Osman and produced by the Malaysian Army and Grand Brilliance Sdn Bhd.

Both battles occurred during the final phase of the Japanese Imperial Armys assault on the city of Singapore during the Battle of Singapore. He later was executed after the battle. Three versions of his death are recorded. However, the official version will record that he was executed by Japanese troops in anger for his stubbornness in holding his position and inflicting large casualties on Japanese troops. In the film, General Tomoyuki Yamashita commented on the leftenants bravery and valour before Adnans execution possibly as a lesson for the Japanese troops and said that if there were ten more soldiers like Adnan in the British Colonial Forces in Malaya at that time, he would have needed ten more divisions to conquer Malaya.Although not referred to in the film, there is a current theory that the subsequent Alexandra Hospital massacre was directly related to the great frustration felt by the Japanese soldiers due to the heavy losses suffered in overcoming the stout resistance put up by Lt Adnans Company C on Opium Hill. With the loss of Company C, the remnants of the 1st Battalion withdrew leaving the way clear to the British military hospital at Alexandra and the subsequent massacre of the patients, doctors and nurses within. Therefore, Adnan, according to this theory, could have been the motivating reason for the massacre. ........

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