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The Changi Chapel and Museum is a war museum dedicated to Singapore's history during the Second World War and the Japanese occupation of Singapore. After the British Army was defeated by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Singapore , thousands of prisoners of war (POWs) were imprisoned in Changi prison camp for three and a half years.
Reflections at Bukit Chandu is a World War II interpretive centre developed and managed by the National Archives of Singapore, located on Bukit Chandu (Malay for "Opium Hill") off Pasir Panjang Road in Singapore. The centre was officially opened by Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan on 15 February 2002. This date also marks the 60th ...
As the Japanese 5th Division, with armoured support, advanced down the Choa Chu Kang Road, British troops and Chinese volunteers from the irregular Dalforce engaged in desperate hand-to-hand fighting, but being poorly equipped, they were forced back and by midnight the Japanese had occupied Bukit Timah.
The war museum, Reflections at Bukit Chandu, at 31K Bukit Chandu.The mural on the museum's wall is an artist's impression of the Battle of Bukit Chandu. Formerly used to house senior British Army officers, the last remaining black and white colonial bungalow at 31K Bukit Chandu has been restored and converted into a World War II war museum called Reflections at Bukit Chandu, commemorating the ...
Category: Military and war museums in Singapore. 3 languages. ... Singapore Air Force Museum This page was last edited on 22 July 2013, at 17:59 (UTC). Text ...
The former stairs and memorial plaque (set in the centre) at Bukit Batok Hill, Singapore. The Bukit Batok Memorial is located on top of the tranquil Bukit Batok Hill upon which once stood two war memorials built by Australian POWs to commemorate the war dead of the Japanese and the Allies who fought during the decisive Battle of Bukit Timah in Singapore during the Second World War.
Fort Siloso was then converted into a military museum in 1974, [2] displaying its history and various naval guns. Other coastal guns (both British and Japanese) from different parts of Singapore, such as a pair of Japanese naval cannons discovered and brought over from Mandai , were put here for display.
World War II Sites of Singapore – In Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the End of WWII. Singapore: National Heritage Board Publicity Committee. Shinozaki, Mamoru (1982). Syonan – My story: The Japanese occupation of Singapore. Singapore: Times Books International. ISBN 981-204-360-8. Ward, Ian (1992). The killer They called A God ...