Singapore (HM6)

Singapore, British since 1824, part of the since 1867, has been turned into a strong naval base after World War I, according to the Singapore Strategy, as a deterrent to the increasingly ambitious ese Empire. Completed in 1939 at a staggering cost of $500 million, the naval base boasted what was then the largest dry dock in the world, the third-largest floating dock, and enough fuel tanks to support the entire British navy for six months. It was defended by heavy 15-inch naval guns and by Royal Air Force squadrons stationed at Tengah Air Base. touted it as the " of the East." Unfortunately, it was a base without a fleet. The British Home Fleet was stationed in Europe and the plan was for it to sail quickly to Singapore when needed. However, after broke out in 1939, the Fleet was fully occupied with defending .
General Officer Commanding (Malaya) William Dobbie warned in May 1938: "It is an attack from the northward that I regard as the greatest potential danger to the Fortress (Singapore). Such an attack could be carried out in the northeast monsoon. The jungle is not in most places, impassable for infantry." But in April 1940 he was sent to , becoming its new governor / Commander-in-chief, to be replaced by Lieutenant-General Lionel Bond.
However, currently governor Shenton Thomas has peace. Yet.
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