File:Royal Engineers prepare to blow up a bridge in Malaya.jpg

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IWM caption : Royal Engineers prepare to blow up a bridge in Malaya during the British retreat to Singapore. In the background Chinese rickshaws loaded with rice from abandoned government stocks are crossing the bridge. The Allied forces under General Arthur Percival surrendered to General Yamashita in Singapore on 15 February 1942 after a Japanese campaign in Malaya lasting nearly 70 days.

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December 1941

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This photograph KF 89 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 4700-45)

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Palmer Fred (Hon Lt)

Post-Work: User:W.wolny

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