Singapore fall into the Japanese on 15 February 1942
Singapore fell to the Japanese on the 25 of February 1942.
The Japanese surrendered Singapore to the British on 12 September 1945.
Singapore was considered a major stronghold there to defend Australia in case of Japanese attack.
Singapore = シンガポール (Shingapōru)
Britain lose Singapore to Japanese a long time ago
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)
After the fall of Singapore to the Japanese (January 1942) the Australians recalled most of their troops to Australia.
The fall of Singapore could have been prevented in many ways, but in my opinion if the British had not been so complacent they may have been able to prevent Singapore from falling to the Japanese. Many of the British soldiers took the Japanese lightly. They did not think that they would be able to capture Singapore as they regarded it as an impregnable fortress. In addition, it could have also been prevented if the British had more and better aircrafts. The British only had 158 aircrafts. which were already obsolete, when the Japanese started their invasion. By contrast, the Japanese severely outnumbered them and had more advanced fighter planes. This caused the British to easily lose control of the skies, helping the Japanese.
15 Feb 1942
They were poorly defended with the exception of Singapore and the Japanese had crippled the largest pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor
Its is the Japanese General , Yamashita .
s'pore was not ready