Singapore Surrenders: Britain's Greatest Defeat
Japanese forces storm Singapore, compelling British General Arthur Percival to surrender to an enemy force far smaller than his own. This capitulation hands over 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom, and Australian soldiers as prisoners, marking the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history and shattering the myth of European invincibility in Asia.
February 15, 1942
84 years ago
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