War is a terrible mistake. This might seem obvious, but Singapore; Jeya Ayadurai, MBE, explained why this still happens - Speaking to radio FM 89.3 on the 80th anniversary of end of WW2 VJ on August 15.

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INDIAN POWs in Borneo

Naik (Corporal) Surat Singh, 17 Field Company Bombay Sappers stands silently looking at graves of 6 soldiers of the Indian Army at Lutong Camp in Borneo, likely those shot/ beheaded by the Japanese on 27Jun1945.

Sources AWM, ICWC
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INDIAN POW LIFE IN SINGAPORE- a page from a diary kept by an unknown Indian POW in wartime Singapore – he is writing the HINDI alphabet using blank Bank of China stationery.

Source:National Archives India
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JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF SINGAPORE Nusan has kindly “photo-ized” the wartime print posted 2 days ago – of Singapore’s naval base being used by the Japanese navy. Add a touch of reality to it, almost as if we were there.

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JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF SINGAPORE Wartime prints of Sembawang Naval Base. Inaugurated on 14Feb1938 after almost 20 years of fits and starts, it was barely used by the Royal Navy but served as a large base for the Japanese navy.

Source The Great Japanese Maritime Society of Arts
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On its 180th birthday today, here is the last wartime Straits Times of Singapore published on 14Feb1942 #WW2, #WW2Singapore #Changi

FRIENDSHIP IN WARTIME SINGAPORE - following on my post yesterday Nusan has kindly colourised the picture of Indian Army soldiers fraternising with the ladies in 1941. Hope you like it.
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FRIENDSHIP IN WARTIME IN SINGAPORE – Half of the soldiers defending Singapore/ Malaya in World War II were Indian. Here Gurkhas fraternize with the ladies – in a sequence of photos (colourised by Nusan) taken by Harrison Foreman in 1941

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The sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales & Repulse by Japanese planes on 10Dec1941. Searching for the Japanese invasion force, with little air cover, the ships were sunk with the loss of 840 lives.

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Source: Great Japanese Maritime Society of Arts

Indian Anti-Aircraft gunners of the HKSAR training in 1941. Entrusted with the air-defence of Malaysia/Singapore, with just 150 guns they were very thinly spread out and could do little.
Source Harrison Foreman UWM Archives.
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With Olga Henderson, the 93-year-old survivor of Changi internment camp in World War II Singapore. Olga was just 9 went she and her family were taken from their home and idyllic life in Johore, to be confined within the walls of Changi Prison.
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