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This photo has represented the symbol of the British defeat.
Sir Percival transports the Union Jack to the side of the white flag.
Yamashita and Percival at the table of negotiations. The
Japanese general after the war would have been tried for having committed acts
against humanity.
A Japanese unit during an operation in Burma. This nation
had a strategical importance because its conquest could destroy the supply lines
to China.
Racial revenge. Some captured Australian soldiers are
forced to sweep the roads in front of an amused native crowd.