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Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942.

The Battle of Singapore was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the Allied stronghold of Singapore. Singapore was the major British military base in South East Asia and nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the East". The fighting in Singapore lasted from 8 December 1941 to 15 February 1942.

It resulted in the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, and the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.[2] About 80,000 British, Australian and Indian troops became prisoners of war, joining 50,000 taken by the Japanese in the Malayan campaign. Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill called the ignominious fall of Singapore to the Japanese the "worst disaster" and "largest capitulation" in British history. (source Wikipedia)

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The fall of Singapore happened on February 15th 1942 - and is considered one of the greatest defeats in the history of the British Army and probably Britain's worst defeat in WWII.

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The Colonial Singapore did began in 1819 and ended in the early 20th century.

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Singapore fell to Japan in 15 Feb, 1942

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