tiabunna's photos with the keyword: battle box

Today we were reminded that it was exactly 75 years since the surrender of Singapore. Some years ago we visited the restored "Battle Box" (the name for the military headquarters - see note) where the underground bunkers had been refitted as original and with very lifelike mannequins of the military personnel. It felt a little spooky! That's Lieutenant-General Percival on the right, who was forced to surrender the island and nearly two hundred thousand military personnel became war prisoners. Courtesy of the Japanese , a very high proportion died before the armistice. .