Singapore surrenders to Japanese

Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival, far right, on his way to surrender Singapore to the Japanese, 15 February 1942.

Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, being escorted by a Japanese officer, with his party carrying both a flag of truce and the Union Jack, meets with the Japanese to negotiate the surrender of the Allied forces in Singapore. It was the largest surrender of British-led forces ever. The British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, described it as 'the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history'.