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title: "How did the British lose the Battle of Singapore despite the Japanese being outnumbered?"  
description: "How did the British lose the Battle of Singapore despite the Japanese being outnumbered?"  
author: "Ronan Jone"  
published: 2018-03-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40042/how-did-the-british-lose-the-battle-of-singapore-despite-the-japanese-being-outnumbered  
category: "travel & places"  
tags: ["singapore"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did the British lose the Battle of Singapore despite the Japanese being outnumbered?

How did the British lose the Battle of [Singapore](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12621/education-hub-top-best-universities-to-study-in-singapore) despite the [Japanese](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51416/what-is-the-dominant-narrative-america-has-adopted-towards-their-actions-in-ww2-against-the-japanese-or-just-in-general) being outnumbered?

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