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France 2/15/1942 Singapore falls to Japan On the eve of the Pearl Harbor attack, Japanese troops were transported from Indochina to the Malay Peninsula, and Japanese fighter pilots attacked Singapore. Singapore eventually surrendered to Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita and sixty-two thousand Allied soldiers were taken prisoner. American President Franklin D Roosevelt (3/4/1933-4/12/1945) Argentine President Ramón Castillo (7/3/1940-6/4/1943) Argentine President Roberto Marcelino Ortiz (2/20/1938-6/27/1942) Australian Prime Minister John Curtin (10/7/1941-7/5/1945) Belgian Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot (2/22/1939-2/12/1945) Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas (11/3/1930-10/29/1945) Brazilian General of the Army Getúlio Vargas (11/3/1930-10/29/1945) Brazilian Admiral of the Navy Getúlio Vargas (11/3/1930-10/29/1945) Brazilian Divisional General of the Army Getúlio Vargas (11/3/1930-10/29/1945) British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (5/10/1940-7/26/1945) Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (10/23/1935-11/15/1948) German President Adolf Hitler (8/2/1934-4/30/1945) Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo (10/18/1941-7/22/1944)