Battle of Bukit Timah ( 11 Feb 1942) and Pasir Panjang ( 13 Feb 1942 to 14 Feb 1942)

Before the Japanese claimed Singapore, two major battles happened in Singapore between the British and the Japanese but the British were outnumbered and lacked of resources so the Japanese took advantage and took every single of the British soldiers life away living no survivors. The first battle that took place when the Japanese landed on Singapore was Bukit Timah on 11 Feb 1942. The battle took place at night, the British soldiers being surrounded by the Japanese whom were also supported by tanks. At first, the British soldiers used an anti-tank gun to destroyed 1st Japanese tank but it was useless. With 50 Japanese tanks at full force, the British soldiers left no other choice but to charge at the Japanese army. The Dalforce, a resistance full of ethnic Chinese men from Singapore also joined the battle in Bukit Timah but were unable to defeat the Japanese and got killed due to being poorly trained at handling weapons and they only used parangs, grenades, rifles and shotguns normally used for hunting but not warfare.

                                          Parang (Above left) and a hunting shotgun ( Above right)

After that night, the British launched a counterattack but failed by mid-day as the Japanese force was too strong.

On 13 Feb 1942 and 14 Feb 1942, the Japanese made landing on the northwest part of Singapore and had started to advance south towards Pasir Panjang. With a strength of 13000 Japanese troops being deployed for the battle of Pasir Panjang. The battle between the Malay Regiment and Japanese at Pasir Panjang started on 13 Feb 1942 around 2 p.m. attacking the southwestern coast along Pasir Panjang Ridge and astride Ayer Rajah Road. On 14 Feb 1942 around 8:30 a.m., the Japanese launched a heavy attack supported by intense mortal and artillery fire at Bukit Chandu and succeeded with ease. At the last stand of the Malay Regiment, the Japanese launched an  all-out banzai charge in great numbers that overwhelmed the Malay Regiment and soon Pasir Panjang was under the Japanese control. With a total number of 159 casualties in the Malay Regiment, the surviving 600 settled at the Keppel  Golf Link area and that concludes the Malay Regiment's defeat over Pasir Panjang

                                                       Battle of Bukit Chandu video (Above)

Website: http://www.knivesbynick.co.uk/tools.htm ( Parang image)
              http://79.170.44.156/keensecom.com/product_info.php?cPath=13_445_80_142&products_id=1058 (Shotgun image)
                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OStIT7CgMk ( Video source)
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pasir_Panjang ( Info Source)
             http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bukit_Timah (Info Source)