In just three months, the Imperial Japanese Army ended 150 years of European domination of Asia.

Singapore's surrender was formalised on 15 Feb 1942. Lieutenant-General Arthur E. Percival, the British Commander in Malaya, ...

It was here that the British made the fateful decision to surrender Singapore to the Japanese on February 15, 1942, marking a ...

The British surrendered within a week. The loss of Singapore and subsequent capture of 80,000 men marked the single largest surrender in history. As said by the old Prime Minister himself ...

reportedly firing all its ammunition at Japanese troops who were advancing in the west of mainland Singapore. The fort’s guns were destroyed by the British before their surrender to the Japanese ...