Sunday, March 1, 2009

Fort Siloso - Prisoners of War (POW) Camp

In the 1800s, Britain was the world’s greatest imperial power with colonies all over the world. Fort Siloso, together with other forts in Singapore played an important role in protecting the colony. In fact, Fort Siloso was one of the artillery forts earmarked by the British to protect the western entrance to Keppel Harbour.

During World War II, Singapore was occupied by the Japanese. Fort Siloso at Sentosa Island soon became a Prisoners of War (POW) camp for both military and civilian personnels following the British surrender. During the war, the people survived through staples such as sweet potato, tapioca and yam as seen planted around Fort Siloso.

After 3.5 years of Japanese Occupation, Japan finally surrendered when the Allied Forces dropped a bomb at Hiroshima, Japan.

Identify the year that Singapore was occupied by the Japanese.

Add suitable mathematical symbols +, -, x, ÷ and to the year so that it equals to 4.

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