Battlebox Visitor Centre

The Battlebox is the popular name of the Fort Canning Bunker, an underground bomb-proof command centre completed by 1941 beneath Fort Canning Hill, Singapore, which served as the Headquarters Malaya Command Operations Bunker during the Malayan Campaign. It was here that Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival and his senior officers decided to surrender Singapore to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Sealed and forgotten after the war, the bunker was rediscovered in 1988 and opened as a museum on 15 February 1997, reopening on 15 February 2024 under Global Cultural Alliance; the adjacent Battlebox Visitor Centre at Fort Canning serves as the entry point for visits and audio tours.