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Bombing of Singapore intensifies

31st January 1942: As the Japanese invasion now threatens Singapore Island civilians suffer in air raids

Jan 31
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Ohore, Malaya. 31st January 1942. Japanese troops crouch low in the street during the final stages of their advance down the Malayan peninsula.

On the 31st the Japanese reached the end of the Malay peninsula and the final battle for Singapore began. The Straits of Johore were all that separated 30,000 Japanese troops from Singapore Island. The British bo…

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