BATTLE BOX - SINGAPORE

 

THE BATTLE BOX - SINGAPORE

WORLD WAR TWO HERITAGE SITES

 

 

 

Battle Box at Fort Canning Park in SingaporeThe Battle Box, located at 51 Canning Rise at the famous Fort Canning Park, is a former bombproof World War II bunker which was also Singapore's largest military complex, where Lt-Gen Percival made his fateful decision to surrender to the invading Japanese troops.

 

This underground military headquarters during Word War II can be found in a park on Fort Canning Hill. It houses more than twenty Photo: Battle Box                   rooms and tunnels and through the use of audio visual effects, animatronics and specially-crafted figurines, visitors are brought back to the fateful morning of the 15th February 1942, the fall of Singapore.

 

Opening times: 10.00am to 6.00pm daily

Last entry at 5.00 pm

Admission: SGD 8.00 (Adult), SGD 5.00 (Child)

Tel: (65) 6333 0510

 

Nearest MRT station: Dhoby Ghaut

 

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