End of Empire - Singapore 1942
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...A Changi Museum War Trail™
Day: Every Wednesday afternoon
Duration: 3 hours
Starting Time : 2:00pm
Starting Point:
By MRT - Meet at Little India MRT Station, Outside Exit E (Buffalo Road). Please meet the guide above ground.
By cab - alight at the junction between Race Course Road and Buffalo Road.
Ending Time: 5:00pm at the City Hall MRT Station.
Price: S$38/Adult S$25/Child
Visiting sites:
• Labrador Battery (Site of Fort Pasir Panjang and WWII 6-inch gun battery)
• Drive past Alexandra Hospital (Site of Infamous Massacre)
• Mount Faber (Stunning view of the port and city from this former Command Post)
• Kranji War Cemetery (A Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery that commemorates war heroes and heroines)
Intricate strategies, subtle plots, great follies, explosive action. |
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We take you through the intense fire of battle and the fog of war that led to Singapore's fall in WWII. Called 'Gibraltar of the East'... Singapore fell in 7 days. Is it really the story of 'a navy that never was, of defenders left in the dark and of guns pointed in the wrong direction'? Should Percival really bear the brunt of it all? |
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Get to know them - the British, Australian, Indian and Malayan defenders and uncover the realities shrouded in seductive myths and deceptive propaganda. |
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Reviews:
Here’s what previous walkers have to say about End of Empire - Singapore 1942
"I just wish to tell you how much we enjoyed the Battlefield Tour. Both Louise and I spent some years in Singapore (separately) and I thought I knew pretty much all there was to know about 1941-45. However it was a delight to spend 4 hours with Helena and absorb her knowledge (and passion) about those years. I have been on many 'tours and walks' around the world but it was refreshing to be with a guide who didn't attempt to trivialise or abbreviate historical fact on the assumption that the average tourist has a short attention span! This, allied with her deep level of knowledge and anecdotal personalisation, made it fascinating and memorable."
- Ian Hampton from UK
"While enjoying a brief stop-over in Singapore we took the Battlefield Tour offered by your company on Wednesday afternoon. We were totally blown away by the guide's enthusiasm for his topic, his indepth knowledge and easy recall, his wonderfully personalised stories and the overall enormity of the tragedy of the attack on Singapore. I confess to my ignorance and had never understood why the Japanese should attack Pearl Harbour, not realising the simultaneous attacks on other countries. I have emailed Lonely Planet and raved on with high praise and recommendations of your company's high standards, excellent content and superb presentation. Be assured, I have already promoted your tours to other guests in the hotel where we stayed, and felt the tours were a real highlight in our wonderfully extensive trip abroad. Thank you for providing such an excellent service."
- Mrs Robin Greenfield, New Zealand