Created by Tom Horn on 31 Jan 2010, Last Update on 31 Jan 2010

Battle of Singapore - 8 Dec 1941

The Japanese assault on the Allied stronghold at Singapore, the "Gibraltar of the East". About 80,000 British, Australian and Indian troops became POWs. Churchill called the fall of Singapore the "worst disaster" in British history.

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Tags : Japan,Malaysia,Britain,Australia,India,Land,Aerial,Naval,Pacific,Combat

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