Japanese: 25th Army under General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Outcome: The Japanese advanced rapidly through Malaya to Singapore and took both with minimal casualties, capturing thousands of Allied troops ...

This landmark documentary film by Paul Elston tells the incredible story of how it was the British who gave the Japanese the knowhow to take out Pearl Harbor and capture Singapore in the World War ...

Eighty years ago Australia suffered a devastating military defeat when thousands of its soldiers, part of a vast British-led army fighting for Singapore, surrendered to Japanese forces. Sign up ...

Former president Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels took control of Syria’s capital Damascus ...

Shares of Singapore Airlines dropped after the city-state's flag carrier reported a fall of almost 50% in net profit for the ...