bigpigeon.us webpage WWII - Japan > Japan Lashes Out > Malaya & Singapore Lost, updated by RAC 18 May 2022.
On 8 December 1941, Japanese troops landed in northern Malaya. For the next two months they advanced down the Malay peninsula. In early February they crossed onto the island of Singapore.
On 15 February, the hapless British forces surrendered to the outnumbered and exhausted Japanese army. Some view this as the worst military disaster in British history.
Many of the British prisoners were sent to work on the Death Railway in Burma; its said that half of Death Railway workers died.
On 15 February, the hapless British forces surrendered to the outnumbered and exhausted Japanese army. Some view this as the worst military disaster in British history.
Many of the British prisoners were sent to work on the Death Railway in Burma; its said that half of Death Railway workers died.
Sources for the WW II - Malaya & Singapore Lost webpage
- The webpage header photo, Singapore Surrender, is courtesy of exploringoffthebeatenpath.com.
Sources for the Malaya & Singapore Lost webpage:
Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead - Malaya and Singapore Lost:
- The webpage header photo, Singapore Surrender, is courtesy of exploringoffthebeatenpath.com.
Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead - Malaya and Singapore Lost:
- Taken from the bigpigeon.us WWII Roster module.
- This was a disaster for the British Empire, but few, if any, Americans died.