half eventually died as prisoners of war. With the surrender of Singapore, Britain lost its foothold in the East. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill attempted to prop up morale by urging Brits "to display the calm and poise, combined with grim determination, which not so long ago brought us out of the very jaws of death." Taken from= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore Background[edit] Outbreak of war[edit] See also: Second Sino-Japanese War The Allies had imposed a trade embargo…
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