Yesterday, we went to Fort Siloso on Sentosa. It was interesting. They had several guns that "fired" when you pressed a button. They also had scenes from British Army life in Singapore during the late 19th century. One of the best parts was the Surrender Chambers. It was two scenes, the British surrender to the Japanese in 1942 and the Japanese surrender at Singapore several days after the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Fort Siloso had a lot of guns. They ranged from 1874 (when Fort Siloso was built) through the Japanese Occupation. Most of the guns are British, though there are a few Japanese guns. A popular myth is that the guns at Fort Siloso never fired during the Japanese invasion because they were they were facing the sea while the Japanese came by land. In reality, the British turned there guns around to face the land. Several guns also assisted in the sinking of a Japanese troopship that was trying to go into Keppel Harbour.The guns at Fort Siloso also helped destroy rubber depots, oil in installations and places like that so they wouldn't fall into Japanese hands. On February 14 the British destroyed their big guns. They blew them up, or threw them off cliffs. Then the next day, the British surrendered to the Japanese. Fort Siloso became a POW camp. Civilans were also kept there. Many of the POWs went to work on the famous Death Railway that ran through Malaysia. For more information
click here. This is Fort Siloso's website. I also got one of the pictures from here.
Yesterday, we went to Fort Siloso on Sentosa. It was interesting. They had several guns that "fired" when you pressed a button. They also had scenes from British Army life in Singapore during the late 19th century. One of the best parts was the Surrender Chambers. It was two scenes, the British surrender to the Japanese in 1942 and the Japanese surrender at Singapore several days after the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Fort Siloso had a lot of guns. They ranged from 1874 (when Fort Siloso was built) through the Japanese Occupation. Most of the guns are British, though there are a few Japanese guns. A popular myth is that the guns at Fort Siloso never fired during the Japanese invasion because they were they were facing the sea while the Japanese came by land. In reality, the British turned there guns around to face the land. Several guns also assisted in the sinking of a Japanese troopship that was trying to go into Keppel Harbour.The guns at Fort Siloso also helped destroy rubber depots, oil in installations and places like that so they wouldn't fall into Japanese hands. On February 14 the British destroyed their big guns. They blew them up, or threw them off cliffs. Then the next day, the British surrendered to the Japanese. Fort Siloso became a POW camp. Civilans were also kept there. Many of the POWs went to work on the famous Death Railway that ran through Malaysia. For more information click here. This is Fort Siloso's website. I also got one of the pictures from here.
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