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>Hong Kong
>A force of 14,000 Canadians, Indians and gloried Chinese policemen protected by a single destroyer and no tanks defend an indefensible rock against more than double their number for 17 days before surrendering
>Singapore
>A force of 85,000 Supported by AFVs, 54 fortress guns, and reinforced by a battleship, a battlecruiser and four destroyers defends a heavily fortified fortress for 7 days before surrendering to an army less than half their size
What the hell happened?
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Canadians.
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>>3028149
The fucking indians surrender to japan that happend
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>>3028149
Essentially, there was no feasible way to resupply Singapore, as the IJN had local superiority, without sacrificing the entire ABDA fleet, so the Brits decided they'd rather surrender than drag out a losing battle.
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>>3028258
Wasn't Hong Kong even worse off? It was completely cut off from any resupply whatsoever and basically surrounded by Japanese pushing into Canton.
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>>3028149
The canadian general in charge if hong kong went out in a pretty famous blaze of glory I think. Pretty interesting.
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>>3028267
The officers in charge of Hong Kong had more guts and decided for a last stand, basically.
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>>3028149
Yamashita drove the same trucks up and down the line to make his forces look bigger, also Singapores commander was woeful and no one wanted to follow him
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