I think that the outcomes that led to the fall are more important than what happened at singapore. such as the Massacre of the 8th battalion A.I.F at Parit Sulong, which i am proud to say that i have 2 family members who unfortunatly fell during that, still secret (the majority of it anyway) due to the stupidity of their leaders

The importance opf this battle is that it caused a complete change in strategy for the British Empire. Mistakes were made - not just by the British High Command (for the allocation of untrained Australian troops to Singapore near the end caused a multitude of disciplinary problems) And, it should be noted that our understanding of armoured warfare at the time was limited - tanks had never been used in the jungle before. Carriers and obsolete armoured cars were the only Allied AFV's available to combat Japanese armour. It does perhaps illustrate OUR prejudices though - after Singapore and the other losses, we tended to treat the Jap with a bit more respect. It should be noted that the first military defeat to the Japanese on land was at Milne Bay by the Australians as the first military defeat against the Germans had been at Tobruk.

The Allies shouldn't have surrendered in Singapore. They had the Japs outnumbered. The Japs supply lines were too stretched. If the Allied command had known how badly they would be treated by the Japs as POWs, they certainly would not have surrendered. P.S. My late grandfather was one of the unfortunate diggers to be captured here, and later survived the Burma Railway.

The loss of Singapore was a direct result of the loss of Malaya due in large part to the incompetence of the British High Command. The Japanese had total air supremacy and brought along some tanks. These were unstopable as the British thought that tanks could not be used in the jungle. The Japanese drove them along the roads. I don't think this rates as one of the greatest battles of WWII and I think the way the "forgotton army" under Bill Slim stopped the Japanese in Burma is more worthy of its place in this list.

This loss was pointless. It shows that a major power cannot rely on its past. It must be prepared to fight any battle with the utmost planning and modern equipment.