<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fall of Singapore">Fall of Singapore</a>. Following an assault by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> forces, the British General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Percival" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arthur Percival">Arthur Percival</a> surrenders. About 80,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Army" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Indian Army">Indian</a>, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" id="mwzQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a>, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.