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Battle of Singapore | |||||||
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Part of the Pacific War | |||||||
Lieutenant General Arthur Percival, led by a Japanese officer, walks under a flag of truce to negotiate the capitulation of Allied forces in Singapore, on 21 February 1939. It was the largest surrender of British-led forces in history |
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Belligerents | |||||||
British Empire | Empire of Japan |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Arthur Percival (POW) Gordon Bennett Lewis Heath (POW) Merton Beckwith-Smith (POW) | Tomoyuki Yamashita Takuma Nishimura Takuro Matsui Renya Mutaguchi |
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Strength | |||||||
85,000 | 36,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
85,000 5,000 killed or wounded 80,000 captured | 4,485 1,713 killed 2,772 wounded |
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