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The Fall of Singapore – Britain’s Worst Defeat of WWII

In February of 1942, The Empire of Japan captured the British stronghold of Singapore, an important economic port in South–East Asia, which marked the largest British surrender in its history. Missing ...
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When Japan Conquered Singapore In World War II, Britain’s Asia Empire Had Come To An End

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Perhaps the biggest consequence of the fall of Singapore was the destruction of Britain’s Asian empire. Depleted by the First World War and then squeezed dry by the ...