Intii lagu guda jiray muddadan, dhowr dagaal oo ay qaadeen ciidamada Allied-ka iyo mutadawiciinta dadka Singapore ee ka soo horjeeda horumarka Japan, sida Dagaalkii Pasir Panjang, ayaa dhacay. Si kastaba ha noqotee, iyada oo inta badan difaacyada burburay iyo sahayda la dhammaystiray, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival ayaa ku wareejiyay ciidamada Allied-ka ee Singapore Jeneraal Tomoyuki Yamashita oo ka tirsan Ciidanka Boqortooyada Japan ee Sanadka Cusub ee Shiinaha, 15 Febraayo 1942.
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