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Capture of Singapore

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1941–1942Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1941

Robert Brooke-Popham1941

Singapore · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Singapore falls to the Japanese, takes responsibility & is removed from office

1942

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill15 February 1942

Singapore · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Singapore surrenders to the Japanese

Names involved

Robert Brooke-PophamWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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