To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the fall of Singapore during the Second World War, the Department of History at the National University of Singapore organised an international conference of historians, students and war veterans on the theme "Sixty Years The Fall of Singapore Revisited". This book presents a selection of the papers presented at the conference, revised for publication. It is not meant to be the last word on all aspects relating to the Malayan campaign and the fall of Singapore but aims to provide a well-rounded, state of the art discussion of the central issues, and some of the shadows, relating to the fall of Singapore.