The largest capitulation in British history: The Fall of Singapore

This month marks 80 years since Singapore, a British colony with significant strategic importance was invaded and subsequently captured by the Empire of Japan.

Its loss represented the lowest point of the war in the Far East and was a matter Prime Minister Winston Churchill never really got over.

He described the defeat as the “worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”. For the defeated Commonwealth soldiers who had battled to save it, 80,000 of them immediately became prisoners of war.

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