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The Fall of Singapore 1942: From the Surrender Bunker to the Memorial Cemetery

Full day

5 stops · Full day

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A history-buff full-day route linking the sites of the 1942 fall of Singapore. The underground bunker where surrender was decided, the place the surrender was signed, the Malay Regiment's last-stand site, and finishing at the Commonwealth war-dead memorial.

Full day5 stopsEst. budget 55,000 KRW

Itinerary

  1. 1

    The Battle Box战备地堡 (The Battle Box)

    Museum · 70 min stay

    The 1942 British underground command bunker. See on a guided tour the very room where Percival decided to surrender. Reservation recommended.

    09:30

  2. Walk 5 min
    2

    Fort Canning Park福康宁公园 (Fort Canning)

    Central · Park · Ruins · 40 min stay

    Colonial and war ruins together with a spice garden. The iconic 'Tree Tunnel' spiral staircase is here too. A walk on the surface above the bunker.

    11:00

  3. Taxi 18 min
    3

    Former Ford Factory福特车厂旧址 (Former Ford Factory)

    Museum · 60 min stay

    The very building where the British signed the surrender to Japan in 1942. The exhibition on the Japanese occupation (Syonan-to) is thorough.

    12:30

  4. Taxi 20 min
    4

    Reflections at Bukit Chandu리플렉션스 앳 부킷찬두

    Museum · 50 min stay

    An exhibition hall (reopened 2023) commemorating the Malay Regiment's last stand at Pasir Panjang against overwhelming odds. A battlefield on the Kent Ridge.

    14:30

  5. Taxi 30 min
    5

    Kranji War Memorial克兰芝阵亡战士公坟 (Kranji War Memorial)

    Heritage · 40 min stay

    A Commonwealth war-dead cemetery and memorial wall. End the day solemnly before the endless rows of headstones and the wall of the missing's names.

    16:30

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