Remains of the Deadly Day

Who would have thought that cycles could win wars? In 1942, during World War II, the Japanese army penetrated Singapore on cycles.

- RIDDHI DOSHI

The ‘Bicycle Blitzkrieg’ navigated uneven roads and broken bridges with such speed that the over-confident British, who thought they were impenetrable on the island, were forced to abandon it in 73 days after the Japanese invasion. The British ran in such a hurry that they left one of their largest bunkers with 26 rooms, built over three years, from 1936 to 1939, almost intact, formally known as The Headquarters Malaya Command Operations or the Battlebox.