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British and Commonwealth troops raise their hands in surrender after the 1942 fall of Singapore, a victory engineered by the “Tiger of Malaya,” Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita. (Getty Images / Alamy / HistoryNet photo illustration by Zita B. Fletcher)
Getty Images / Alamy / HistoryNet photo illustration by Zita B. Fletcher