An attacking Japanese force of about 36,000 killed 5000 defenders and secured the surrender of 80,000 British troops, with the #FallOfSingapore in 1942 on #ThisDayInHistory remaining the largest surrender in UK history. It set the stage for the #SookChing pogrom a few days later.

Singapore fell to the Japanese 83 years ago today, on 15 February 1942.

Learn more about this important part of history from books including "The Men Who Lost Singapore", "Guns of February", & "Red Star Over Malaya" buff.ly/42SdqoX

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#ww2 #militaryhistory #20thcentury #fallofsingapore #dailyww2question Just how much did General Percival know about the Japanese treatment prisoners of war when he ordered the surrender of 85,000 men to 36,000 Japanese at Singapore?