Surrender of Singapore, the worst disaster in British military history. British and Empire casualties are 9,000 killed and wounded and 130,000 captured
War at Sea
Mediterranean closed to Allied shipping due to threat of aerial attack
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 14 February 1942, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1942_02_15.html