February 15, 1942 – Fall of Singapore : The largest British surrender in history (THIS DAY IN HISTORY)
On this day in 1942, Singapore “Gibraltar of the East” falls to the Japanese. 85,000 Commonwealth troops become POWs. Churchill calls it the worst wartime disaster in British history. Battle of Singapore The Empire of Japan captured the British stronghold of Singapore—nicknamed the “Gibraltar of the East”—with fighting in Singapore lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942. Singapore was…