MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · February 15
THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 15
February 15 in history
1942
Singapore surrenders — 80,000 troops, the “impregnable fortress,” the worst defeat in British military history.
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1945 — Bombing of Dresden
13–15 Feb 1945 — Firestorm kills ~25,000. The ethics of area bombing are debated to this day.
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