75 years ago today (Feb 15 1942), the British surrendered to the Japanese, paving the way for nearly four years of Japanese occupation of Singapore. Feb 15 is now commemorated as Total Defence Day in Singapore, with sirens sounding islandwide at 6.20pm to mark the time of the British surrender. Read more here: https://goo.gl/VAorqC | AsiaOne

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