Battle of Singapore

Wann

8. Feb. 1942 – 15. Feb. 1942

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

1.35° N, 103.77° E

Description

1942 World War II battle

War

World War II

1942 battle of World War II

Singapore was captured from the British by the Empire of Japan in February 1942 during the Second World War. The Fall or Battle of Singapore took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War, with fighting lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942. Singapore was the foremost British military base and economic port in South–East Asia and had been of great importance to British interwar defence strategy.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „WWII: Battle of Singapore: Japanese forces of the 5th Division and 18th Division (some 23,000 men) begin to cross the Johor Strait and attack the Australian…“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Japanische Kriegsverbrechen im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Während der Schlacht um Singapur begehen japanische Soldaten das Massaker im Alexandra-Hospital“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „les troupes du général japonais Tomoyuki Yamashita prennent Singapour et contraignent Britanniques à la reddition“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „日本軍がシンガポールに上陸（シンガポールの戦い）“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite

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