Battle of Singapore

Quando

8 de fev. de 1942 – 15 de fev. de 1942

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

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)Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “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 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “Japanische Kriegsverbrechen im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Während der Schlacht um Singapur begehen japanische Soldaten das Massaker im Alexandra-Hospital”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “les troupes du général japonais Tomoyuki Yamashita prennent Singapour et contraignent Britanniques à la reddition”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “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 4.0Página da fonte

• World War II1 de set. de 1939 · Guerra mundial · Mortes 75.000.000
• World War II in Asia (approx)3 de set. de 1939 · Guerra entre Estados · Mortes 3.269.818