1942.
Its "British empire" you silly slag! And to answer your question, because the japs were holding on to it and we were kinda at war with tham. :-) Singapore was attacked by the Japanese and Singapore was the major British military base in South East Asia, so Singapore belonged to Britain at that time, before they surrender Singapore to Japan and hence, Singapore was not attacked by the Britain Empire.
Singapore, ports in the Philippines, and Indochina.
AnswerPoland attacked the Nazis first during World War 2.
Singapore was an impregnable fortress for Australia.
Japan
The Japanese attacked pearl harbor in Hawaii
The Japanese occupied Singapore during World War II, from 1942 to 1945.
Japan invaded or attacked Burma , China , Indochina , the Philippines , Malaysia , Manchuria , Wake Island , Hong Kong , Singapore and the Aleutians .
Poland was the first country to be attacked during World War 2. In fact, the Germany invasion of Poland was what CAUSED World War 2.
they attacked
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they attacked Singapore. the people fought back. they couldn't beat the ruthless Japanese people.