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Singapore as a Crown Colony was known as the 'Impregnable Fortress'. Before World War Two began, the British had equipped Singapore with coastal guns and an air force. Singapore became known as the “Gibraltar of the East” or “Fortress Singapore”. But all that changed on 8 December 1941. Head over to the Singapore History Gallery and explore a wide range of military artefacts including weapons, uniforms and a replica of a Japanese tank used during World War Two, and trace how key events of the wa