The British & Commonwealth forces surrendered at Singapore largely because of the swiftness & surprise in the attacks by the Japanese in the Malay peninsula. Hugely stretched by the potential war in Europe & the actual war against the Axis in North Africa the British lacked the resources to defend the Far East against Japanese aggression. With hindsight it might be argued that surrender was premature, but even then defeat was surely inevitable in the longer term. Had the Japanese attacks not involved the US, brining them into both the Pacific & European conflicts, then Britain & the Commonwealth are under the sort of pressure which may have become intolerable. The Japanese actually tricked Singapore by lying that a huge troop of Japanese would come and attack Singapore the next day if the British did not surrender. However, the Japanese actually did not have that big troop of army and their supply of necessities were depleting. If the British did not surrender, the losing side might be the Japanese instead.
They were losing air superiority and they thought they were going to lose.
They could have won if they did not surrender. The Japanese were running low on supplies, especially ammunition. They were actually worried whether they were going to win. But, if the British did not surrender, Singapore would most likely now, be still a British colony. :) Hope this answered your question.
The British thought that the Japanese were inferior to them, so they underestimated their power. Ironically, the Japanese had much more advanced technology. For example, the Japanese 'Zero' fighter planes wiped out more than half of the British air force.
The Japanese were also more skilled in jungle warfare, and applied the use of tanks and bicycles in jungles, in which the British did not expect.
In truth, during the battles in Singapore, the Japanese were outnumbered about 3:1. But the British did not know, and surrendered, thinking that they would be defeated if they continued fighting against the Japanese.
Because general cornwallis pretended to be sick because he knew that his army would loose and had no choice to surrender because they were out of ammunition and so he sent his deputy to surrender for him then his deputy when general washington and he declined his offer to surrender and said "go speak to my deputy" so he went to surrender to deputy Lincoln and lincoln excepted his offer to surrender. this all happended in yorktown.
U.S.-British demand for "unconditional surrender
It was the measure to make Japan surrender in ww2.
OMG has no one answered this? Serious? Anyway, the answer is Germany ,on the 30 April 1945,when Hitler killed himself, his wife and children in his bunker. It didn't take long after that for them to surrender!
The United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945, threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction".
to attack Japan within three months of German surrender
U.S.-British demand for "unconditional surrender
Japan Did surrender to the USA, and President Harry Truman, after two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, (and after Russia declared war on Japan). Japan did not want to surrender, because their samurai code said it was better to die instead of to surrender. It was after they were bombed with nuclear weapons (and after Russia attacked the Japanese forces in Manchuria), that Japan finally decided to surrender.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, finally caused Japan to surrender.
To "convince" Japan to surrender in WWII.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, finally caused Japan to surrender.
Japan was heavily involved in WW1 and was asked for help several times by the British - Japan emerged from WW1 victorious and in control of more territory According to my husband, the history buff, Japan was not involved in WW1.
General Douglas MacArthur accepted the surrender of Japan on 2nd of Sept. 1945, in Tokyo Bay. Japan was the last to surrender among the Axis.
The us bombed two cities in japan, then they helped japan reconstrust after japans surrender
because japan was not ready to surrender.
It was the measure to make Japan surrender in ww2.
OMG has no one answered this? Serious? Anyway, the answer is Germany ,on the 30 April 1945,when Hitler killed himself, his wife and children in his bunker. It didn't take long after that for them to surrender!
General McArthur and several Admirals in the Navy accepted the surrender of Japan and they signed the surrender documents with the Japanese officials on one of the US naval ships.