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)
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.
New song in Top Ten: “Blues in the Night.”