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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
Battle of Singapore
1942 World War II battle
HMS Prince of Wales
1939 King George V-class battleship
HMS Repulse
1916 Renown-class battlecruiser
Arthur Percival
British army officer in the First and Second World Wars
Seletar Airport
international airport in Singapore
Tom Phillips
British navy admiral (1888-1941)
American-British-Dutch-Australian Command
world War II combined command (1942)
Singapore strategy
defence policy of the British Empire (1919–1941), aiming to deter Japanese aggression with a base for a fleet of the Royal Navy in Singapore
Tengah Air Base
military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force
Gordon Bennett
Australian Army officer (1887-1962)
Changi Prison
former japanese prison in Singapore
Kallang Airport
airport in Kallang, Singapore
William Dobbie
British general (1879–1964)
Fort Siloso
decommissioned coastal artillery battery in Sentosa, Singapore
Henry Pownall
British Lieutenant-General
Robert Brooke-Popham
senior commander in the Royal Air Force, previously served in the Royal Flying Corps
Sembawang Air Base
Military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force
Lewis Heath
British Indian Army general
Merton Beckwith-Smith
British Army general (1890–1942)
South East Asia Command
WWII commanding body of Allied forces in Southeast Asia
Battle of Kranji
1942 battle
Changi Air Base
Military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force
Royal Malay Regiment
infantry regiment of the Malaysian Army
Dalforce
Dalforce, officially the Singapore Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army (星華義勇軍; Xīnghuá yìyǒngjūn) was an irregular forces/guerrilla unit within the British Straits Settlements Volunteer Force during World War II. Its members were recruited among the ethnic Chinese people of Singapore. It was created on 25 December 1941 by Lieutenant Colonel John Dalley of the Federated Malay States Police Force. The unit was known to the British colonial administration as Dalforce, after its chief instructor and commanding officer, John Dalley, whereas the Chinese in Singapore only knew it as the Sin
Malaya Command
military unit
Casimir Cartwright van Straubenzee
British Army general (1867-1956)
Billy Key
British Indian Army major-general (1895-1986)
Battle of Pasir Panjang
1942 final battle in Singapore during World War 2 against the Japanese
Singapore Naval Base
former naval base for British Royal Navy to stay in Singapore during World War II
David Murray-Lyon
British Indian Army general
Herbert Cecil Duncan
British Indian Army general (1895-1942)
Arthur Edward Barstow
British Indian Army general
8th Division
former infantry division of the Australian Army
Fort Tanjong Katong
colonial Singapore defensive structure
Archibald Paris
British Army officer
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