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January 31, 1942

Monday, January 31, 2022 by Sarah Sundin
Smoke from burning oil tanks rising above Singapore, Jan 1942 (Imperial War Museum: HU 3378)

Smoke from burning oil tanks rising above Singapore, Jan 1942 (Imperial War Museum: HU 3378)

80 Years Ago—Jan. 31, 1942: British forces complete withdrawal from Malaya to Singapore and blow up the causeway.

British withdraw from Moulmein, Burma; Japanese occupy.

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