Yap Siang Yong, Romen Bose, and Angeline Pang (Revised by Kuldip Singh, Lisa Lim and Germaine Foo)
Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2011
ISBN: 9789814351195
The strongest British bastion east of Suez falls to the Empire of the Rising Sun, after only 70 days.
--The Mail, Feb 16, 1942
This and many other headlines greeted shocked readers all over the world on that fateful day. Singapore - the "impregnable fortress" with its massive fortifications and defended by over 100,000 men fell to the conquering Japanese forces in only a week.
Fortress Singapore: The Battlefield Guide captures the essence of what Singapore was like during World War II when desperate battles were fought throughout the island. Sirens, bombs, massacres, epidemics, shortages, concentration camps and POW centres were part of everyday life. Many of the original battle sites still remain in Singapore today.
This updated authoritative day-to-day account of the battle for Singapore includes two additional battle sites and numerous revised maps. More than 100 photographs capture the shock of war, the terror of occupation and the joy of liberation. A pictorial tour takes the reader to the war sites from battlefield to POW camps. It is through understanding what happened here that these sites come alive again, never letting us forget the brutalities of war; and the faith and inspiration of the people that laid foundations of modern Singapore. With information on how to visit these locations, this is the definitive guide to the Singapore battlefield.
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