Battle of Singapore

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Singapore was a major World War II campaign in early 1942 in which Japanese forces captured the British stronghold of Singapore, leading to one of the largest surrenders in British military history.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Singapore canonical	26
Fall of Singapore	8
fall of Singapore	4
Singapore campaign	2
British surrender at Singapore	1
Defense of Singapore	1
Defense of Singapore 1942	1
Invasion of Singapore	1
Malayan Campaign	1
Malayan campaign	1
Surrender of British forces in Singapore	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Singapore ⓘ surface form: Fall of Singapore
belligerent	Australian Army ⓘ British Indian Army ⓘ Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Straits Settlements Volunteer Force ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
captor	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses	large numbers of Allied troops taken prisoner ⓘ
commander	Arthur Percival ⓘ Gordon Bennett ⓘ Lewis Heath ⓘ Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ India ⓘ Japan ⓘ British Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malaya United Kingdom ⓘ
date	February 1942 ⓘ
defensivePosition	British fortress of Singapore ⓘ
description	Japanese forces assaulted and captured the British stronghold of Singapore ⓘ
endDate	1942-02-15 ⓘ
followedBy	Japanese occupation of Singapore ⓘ
front	South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied Far East front
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ
location	Singapore ⓘ
militarySignificance	decisive Japanese victory in the Malayan Campaign ⓘ
notableFor	one of the largest surrenders in British military history ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Singapore self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Malayan Campaign Pacific War ⓘ
politicalImpact	severe blow to British prestige in Asia ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Malaya ⓘ
prisonersOfWar	tens of thousands of British, Indian, and Australian soldiers ⓘ
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedEvent	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: Burma Campaign Japanese occupation of Malaya ⓘ
result	Battle of Singapore self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fall of Singapore Japanese victory ⓘ Battle of Singapore self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Surrender of British forces in Singapore
startDate	1942-02-08 ⓘ
strategicImportance	major British naval base in Southeast Asia ⓘ
surrenderingCommander	Arthur Percival ⓘ
surrenderingForce	British forces in Singapore ⓘ
theater	South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	siege and urban battle ⓘ
year	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Pacific War → hasPart → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayan campaign

Pacific War → hasPart → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Singapore campaign

Battle of Singapore → partOf → Battle of Singapore self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayan Campaign

Battle of Singapore → result → Battle of Singapore self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Singapore

Battle of Singapore → result → Battle of Singapore self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surrender of British forces in Singapore

Battle of Singapore → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Singapore

Imperial Japanese Army → conflict → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Burma campaign → relatedTo → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Tomoyuki Yamashita → participatedIn → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → conflict → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Singapore

Straits Settlements Volunteer Force → activeDuring → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Battle of Malaya → outcome → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Singapore

Battle of Malaya → followedBy → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

South-East Asian theatre of World War II → majorCampaign → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Singapore → followed → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Malaya → hasPart → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Singapore

Arthur Percival → participantIn → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Arthur Percival → surrenderContext → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Singapore

Japanese 5th Division → participatedIn → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Japanese 5th Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Yamashita Tomoyuki → participantIn → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

山下奉文 → participatedIn → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Tiger of Malaya → associatedTheater → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Hisaichi Terauchi → participatedIn → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Japanese invasion of Thailand → followedBy → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia → conflict → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Syonan-to → associatedEvent → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Singapore

Syonan-to → associatedEvent → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: British surrender at Singapore

Battle of Kampar → associatedWith → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Singapore

Battle of Muar → followedBy → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

General Officer Commanding Malaya Command → usedDuringConflict → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

General Officer Commanding Malaya Command → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Singapore

Easter Sunday Raid → precededBy → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Singapore

British Far East Command → notableEvent → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Singapore

British Armed Forces in World War II → engagedIn → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defense of Singapore

Henry Gordon Bennett → conflict → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Allied operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II → majorBattle → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Singapore campaign

Japanese 25th Army → theater → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Japanese 25th Army → engagement → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

8th Australian Division → battle → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

8th Australian Division → notableEvent → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Singapore

United Kingdom in World War II → significantEvent → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Sir Shenton Thomas → conflict → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

Royal Malay Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defense of Singapore 1942

Second Australian Imperial Force → engagement → Battle of Singapore ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Singapore