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.
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Famous quotes containing the words battle and/or box:
“War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.”
—Thomas Hobbes (15881679)
“Youre the most beautiful woman Ive ever painted. Not because youre beautiful but because Im in love with you. Hopelessly in love with you.”
—Muriel Box (b. 1905)