<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Singapore">Japan invades Singapore</a>.<sup about="#mwt216" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-41"}}' id="cite_ref-41" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-41" id="mw9w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 41;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw-A">[41]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt220" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-42"}}' id="cite_ref-42" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-42" id="mw-Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 42;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw-g">[42]</span></a></sup>
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