Laura, a mother of three, writes about her visit to the Battle Box, with some interesting insights from her Sing (Singh?) guide:
Inside the Battle Box, our Sing guide told us the story of the difficult decision by the British command to surrender as we walked through the underground bunker. The bunker is staged with lifelike wax images of the British commanders. With water, food, and military supplies dried up and heavy Japanese bombing hitting Singapore, the decision was made. The Japanese would accept no less than unconditional surrender. According to our guide, Winston Churchill was very unhappy with the decision but the civilians of Singapore and Malay were extremely grateful as heavy civilian casualties were occurring due to the Japanese bombing and the concentration of Allied resources in Europe.
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