It was the day that no Chinese would want to enjoy and it was the day when the Japanese fall into Singapore on 15 Feb 1942 first day of the Lunar New Year. The British had surrendered to the Japanese after a long battle and the lack of resources to keep their troops strong and fit but the British had to surrendered for a reason not because of resources but to deploy my troops from Singapore to Europe to handle the German war. What I can say is that the British deploy troops outside of Britain who were defending their conquered land just to protect their country? Well, this gives the Japanese the opportunity to claim those areas and gather resources so they can go and conquered more land to build their empire and sadly Singapore was one of those affected areas to be under controlled by the Japanese.
Yes that's right philosoraptor, the British came to Singapore only to make money and they just abandoned Singapore just to defend their own country. Anyway, the British surrendered and they took a 2 hour journey from their current headquarters to go to the Fort Motor Factory (now Old Fort Factory) where the Japanese reside and signed the the terms and agreements to end the battle and gave up Singapore. After the British pulled of the white flag to the Japanese, many Japanese news sources spread the word that Japan had conquered Singapore and the flag of Japan was raised up at the top of Cathay Building (because it's the tallest building that time) to maximize the psychological impact among us that time. The British formally surrendered shortly after 17:15. Since the British surrendered on the day of the Lunar New Year, this means that the Chinese never got to visit their relatives due to the Japanese conducted a massive manhunt for Chinese spies among Chinese man.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore (Date accessed: 14/2/2013)
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