Talk:Fall of Singapore

message: A choice had been made to defend Britain against the German airforce resulting in British victory at the Battle of Britain, but too many infantry forces were left to try and defend Singapore.  Britain had six aircraft carriers, three operational and all stationed in the Atlantic.  The Japanese Navy had 10 aircraft carriers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.7.174.111 (talk) 02:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overwhelming Japanese Air & Naval superiority

message: Why does the article not mention that Churchill was largely to blame for the Fall of Singapore by diverting vital supplies including tanks to the Soviet Union? (Wuhdsh (talk) 20:02, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a reliable source for this claim? CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 06:52, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Churchill 

message: Er, I think I must have deleted that bit inadvertently, apols. Keith-264 (talk) 10:45, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Ack, no worries, thanks for clarifying. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 03:46, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

text: Changed Alled to Commonwealth but perhaps that should be Commonwealth and Imperial? Keith-264 (talk) 16:05, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

text: The Dutch and US were not involved in the battle. Keith-264 (talk) 21:39, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry, must’ve been confused between which about that somewhere in the article, I’ll revert it Nigos (talk | contribs) 23:13, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  I had another look and it seems that where you changed Commonwealth, it was in the sections about the Pacific theatre where the term Allies is the right one. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 23:23, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  I’ve restored that edit. Thanks, Nigos (talk | contribs) 23:27, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edits 

message: Added commemorative event in Singapore occurring on the relevant date each year (Total Defence Day). Point to note in relation to timing - while the main article mentions the surrender timing as "shortly after 17:15", the commemorative sirens are sounded at 18:20 each year. This is the official timing given by the Singapore government for this event; not sure how to explain the discrepancy. It may be noted that Singapore's official time zone shifted forward by 30 mins in 1981, but that doesnt fully explain the difference. Not sure how to reconcile this. Thekmt (talk) 10:55, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Total Defence Day

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:38, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Battle of Singapore →  – Clear common name. See Google NGRAMS or Google Scholar results (5,770 results for "fall" vs 297 for "battle"). Results indicate that this topic the only one commonly referred to as "fall of Singapore". Regardless of "battle" or "fall", there is no consistent capitalization for either. (t · c) buidhe 04:06, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

text: Oppose I have seen similar discussions of a similarly proposed move regarding the Battle of France. I am uncertain to support, because it is still a Battle, and not exactly the Fall itself. While a relatively short one compared to the Battle of France, there's still a series of campaigns during this Battle that led to its Fall. ZKang123 (talk) 11:56, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 21 December 2021 

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