New British Far-Eastern Commander -- Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Pownall (above) has succeeded Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham as Commander of the British Forces in the Far East. The Former Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff has arrived at Singapore to assume his duties, The war office in London announced. December 26, 1941. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
New British Far-Eastern Commander -- Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Pownall (above) has succeeded Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham as Commander of the British Forces in the Far East. The Former Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff has arrived at Singapore to assume his duties, The war office in London announced. December 26, 1941. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)
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