The Battle Box

The Battle Box is a popular name of the underground command centre constructed under Fort Canning, Singapore as an emergency, bomb-proof command centre during the Malayan campaign and the Battle of Singapore. The Battle Box is now a museum and tourist attraction.

Read more about The Battle Box:  History, Present Day

Famous quotes containing the words battle and/or box:

    “That civilisation may not sink,
    Its great battle lost,”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I am no source of honey
    So why should they turn on me?
    Tomorrow I will be sweet God, I will set them free.

    The box is only temporary.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)