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Capture of Singapore

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

3Records
1941–1942Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1941

Tomoyuki Yamashita12 February 1941

Singapore · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The British surrender Singapore to Yamashita

1942

Tomoyuki Yamashita8 February 1942

Singapore · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Launches an assault on Singapore Island

Tomoyuki Yamashita15 February 1942

Singapore · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Singapore surrenders to Yamashita, 130,000 British are taken prisoner

Names involved

Tomoyuki Yamashita

Provenance

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