Events Leading To The Occupation
Further information: Battle of Singapore and Malayan CampaignThe Japanese took all of Malaya during the Malayan Campaign in little more than two months. The garrison defending Singapore surrendered on 15 February 1942, only a week after the invasion of Singapore commenced. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called the fall of Singapore "the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history".
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