Britain's 'Worst Wartime Disaster'

Rare images of 'Britain's worst wartime disaster' where the UK surrendered Singapore to the Japanese have been published in a new book.
The fall of Singapore was perhaps Britain's greatest military defeat since General Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown in 1781. It ended with 140,000 troops and citizens in Singapore captured, wounded or killed.
Around 80,000 British, Indian and Australian troops based in Singapore became Prisoners of War as a result.
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