Fall of Singapore
WarWorld War II
Year1942
LocationSingapore
BelligerentsJapan vs Britain
About the Battle
The largest surrender in British history, 85,000 troops captured. The Japanese had only 30,000 men. Winston Churchill called it the worst disaster in British military history. British guns faced the sea; the Japanese attacked from the jungle inland. The myth of European military superiority in Asia was shattered.
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