THIS MOMENT in history...'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER'

General Percival made the decision to surrender on 15 February 1942. The water supply on Singapore Island had virtually dried up, petrol supplies were almost exhausted, military supplies were running low and the constant bombardments of the city were causing shocking civilian casualties. Percival realised that his only options were to fight to the death or surrender. He personally arranged the ceasefire and signed the surrender document at the Ford factory that same evening.

6.20 p.m. The exact moment when the British surrendered Singapore to the Japanese.