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Singapore ex-pat commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Japanese official surrender of Singapore

Singapore ex-pat commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Japanese official surrender of Singapore

On 12th September 1945, General Itagaki, Commander of the Imperial Japanese Seventh Area Army, signed the official surrender of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in the Southern Region, at Municipal Hall, Singapore. It was the last major surrender ceremony of World War Two, a conflict which had cost over 60 million lives and led to the… Continue reading…