The Battlebox, Britain's Command HQ in the Malayan Campaign during the Second World War, lies beneath Singapore's Fort Canning. After the war, it was sealed off and forgotten until the late 1990s.
Secrets of the Battlebox provides an understanding of the Battlebox; its history, uses and final role in the Malayan Campaign. It seeks to address the gap in knowledge in one of the most crucial aspects of the Second World War in Malaya and Singapore, i.e. the role of the command headquarters in the campaign.
The first book to tell the story of the Battlebox
Backed by 17 years of research and interviews
Gives an insight into a previously uninvestigated aspect of Singapore's war-time history
Based on highly-classified documents recently made public.
Reveals what actually happened in the Battlebox during the Malayan Campaign.
A former Indochina Bureau Chief and correspondent for Channel NewsAsia, Romen Bose has written extensively on the Second World War in Singapore and has been involved in researching Singapore and the region's military history for close to two decades. His books include, Fortress Singapore: A Battlefield Guide and A Will for Freedom: The Indian Independence Movement in Southeast Asia. He has also worked with the United Nations and more recently, the Singapore Tourism Board. He and his wife Brigid, have two daughters, Lara and Olive
