Singapore Surrender (1945)

[@LimaSierra609]

I thought Lt. General Yamashita was nicknamed "Tiger of Malaya" ?

[@sunray3379]

maybe they had tiger number 1 and tiger number 2

[@LimaSierra609]

@@sunray3379 just spent a couple of minutes on the Internet. The moniker "Tiger of Malaya" was factually related to/named after Lt. General Tomoyuki Yamashita (he was promoted to full General in late 1943).

[@LimaSierra609]

@@sunray3379 I believe the author of this channel, British Pathé, made a mistake! General Itagaki was never referred to as Tiger of Malaya!

[@sithvsjedi9696]

This was not just the fall of the British Empire. But the fall of Britain being taken seriously in the world. Such a psychic blow.

[@davidb2206]

The Japanese KNEW they had won! They won every single one of their war aims. They "won" the war and "drove the white man out of Asia."

[@athame57]

I thought Admiral Holland was killed aboard the HMS. Hood?

[@arama1082]

It's "UK" surrendere not Singapore

[@Hayzen1011]

True

[@athame57]

That was 1942, this is 1945! Japan surrenders.

[@tarang926]

its japan surrender to uk on 12 september 1945.

[@unconscious1076]

​@@tarang926 Japan surrendered to USA not the UK lmfao Japan beat the UK almost everywhere they fought Japan took hong-kong Singapore Malaysia Myanmar if not pearl harbor they would took India too from UK

[@bear69ely]

​@@unconscious1076 so philippines campaign is just fiction?

[@willhovell9019]

Humiliation - that's good coming from the most ignaminous defeat in British military history . Percival should have been court marshalled

[@davidpowelson4817]

Totally.

[@schmuelsonsradang4301]

Thank God, at least I'm not alone in that. Having read a lot about Percival I was wondering why a man of such mediocrity being trusted the role of defending Singapore. Perhaps it was due to the British full trust in the 'impregnable fortress' that they failed terribly to realized the new concept of war, the airstrike could render obsolete the mighty British naval power. This ignorance was priven when they sent two 'mighty' British ships; the HMS Repulse and the HMS Prince of Wales, to stop the Japanese landing in northern Malaya without escorting fighting aircraft. They were practically annihilated less than 1 hour by the Japanese bombers. Soon after, they retreated from the north to the impregnable fortress which was Singapore which then soon became a trap as the invading Japanese army cut off the water supply from the peninsular to the 'fortress' led by ine of the most incapable British general in history, Gen. Arthur Percival. In the long list of great British generals, a mention of Percival's name a shame to the empire. My grandfather said, after the war and the liberation of Malaya (significantly influenced and a direct result of the American's victory in the Pacific), when the British returned "they just came as a free rider of the victory, my perception of them has changed from awe to resentment', they were by far less superior and out-thinked by the Japanese".

[@mrh9635]

Percival had an excellent military mind but had insufficient resources to make a proper stand. He was especially chosen to command as his unusual physical appearance would make him a suitable scapegoat, should the Japanese attack and succeed. The Washington naval treaty, signed years earlier by Britain, ensured that this part of the Empire could not be adequately defended should another war come. Read more history.

[@chrisholland7367]

I agree. Gross levels of incompetence that condemned 130,000 British and commwealth troops to three and half years of brutal captivity. Some 15,000 would never see home again and many thousands of indigenous people also suffered at the hands of the Japanese during the construction of the Thai Burma railway.

[@cammysmith7562]

Percival didn’t do anything wrong. He did everything he could given the resources and circumstances at his disposable. He was chosen by the government as a scapegoat for their failings. As early as 1937 Percival recognised that Malaya and Singapore were open to invasion and during the war Percival called on additional naval and air assets. The government sent him untrained conscripts with insufficient supplies. Given the state of British logistics and the defences in Malaya at the time the fact that a battle of Singapore even happened was a miracle. The option was to starve to death, be slaughtered or surrender. And a soldier is no good if they are dead.

[@chrisholland7367]

Looks like the Japanese surrender in Singapore .

[@minhthunguyendang9900]

Each one his turn.

[@叫霓一起复习]

Isn't this British surrendered to Malaya or Japanese?

[@rajesrecipe2492]

No

[@叫霓一起复习]

@@rajesrecipe2492 thankyou

[@Henchman.24]

Wtf, is there a bunch of pissed off patriotic Singaporeans in the comments? I love history, it really brings us all together

[@perrybb2]

They have a love-hate relationship with Britain

[@DonDon45-i5h]

@@perrybb2not really, we don’t like uk for the most part. And unfortunately there’s more and more white people moving to singapore

[@davidb2206]

Oh, this is the JAPANESE surrender of Singapore. It ought to be preceded by the film of the BRITISH surrender of Singapore. Didn't Pathe' do that one, too? Join them together.

[@user-uf4qq7ij5r]

The Japanese look like they know exactly what they are doing...appeasing the 5 year olds pretending they won back what Japan conquered in 1942 and reconquered by the Americans.

[@davidb2206]

True. The Japanese after WWII won EVERY ONE of their war aims in Asia. All of them. And they still use the same flag, unlike what the Allies allowed for the Germans. Tojo is now honored by Japanese prime ministers at the Yakusuni Shrine.

[@seanlander9321]

By the time Britain turned up the Australians had already been there for weeks.

[@elchichosantana6410]

WTF Jeez the whistle hurts my ear. I am wearing an earphone

[@irish89055]

Brits love to add sound effects to silent footage. Naval whistles are shrill

[@parisang3032]

The title should be 'British surrender in Singapore'.

[@rajesrecipe2492]

Japan surrendered to British Empire in 1945 aboard HMS Nelson and HMS Sussex

[@davidb2206]

@@rajesrecipe2492 And Britain lost it all, simultaneously, including Singapore. You missed the point. Churchill beat his drunken chest that he would not "rule over the end of the British Empire" yet he did precisely that.

[@rajesrecipe2492]

@@davidb2206 sorry ?

[@rajesrecipe2492]

Things were not good for the British Empire in 1941 and early 1942 With war simultaneous on three fronts....North Sea, Atlantic, Mediterranean....it was difficult to fight even in the Indian Ocean with that strength. But I know a lot of mistakes were made in that time....there were a options to consider to defned the Indian ocean

[@ScubaShark--8964]

Tenno Heika Banzai (?) [Malaysian here]

[@APileofSecrets]

I think it's "Tenno Henko Banzai," which means something like "serve the Emperor for seven lives."

[@chrisk7118]

Wow the Australians and Brits capitulated. 😅 Weak.

[@krypanzer3620]

Dont know what you mean by that since the footage is the 1945 Surrender of japanese-occupied Singapore back to Britain.

[@chrisk7118]

@@krypanzer3620 The original capitulation rings on through the ages 😅

[@l_Jyv_l]

Its Actually1942 But Okie

[@dickyarya8204]

This is 1945, the surrender of Japanese army in Singapore at the end of the war. U dumb?

[@joshuachin1850]

Lol

[@carterwinslow9158]

This is when the Japanese surrendered it back to Britain.

[@silverhost9782]

No it isn't lol

[@irish89055]

🤣