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 ...

By January 31, 1942, this “Bicycle Blitzkrieg” had pushed them all the way back to the island of Singapore – a 600-mile dash in just 54 days. Defending the Indefensible ...

It was the third day after Singapore fell into the hands of the Japanese in February 1942 during World War II. The Japanese soldiers rounded up her family and neighbours living in River Valley.