Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 13, 2014

During World War II, Japanese-occupied Singapore was bombed by Allied air forces. Most of the 11 raids by U.S. Army Air Forces long-range bomber units between November 1944 and March 1945 targeted the naval base and dockyard facilities on the island, though several minelaying missions were conducted in nearby waters. After the American bombers were redeployed, the British Royal Air Force assumed responsibility for minelaying operations near Singapore and these continued until 24 May 1945. While significant damage was inflicted on Singapore's important naval base and commercial port (damage at docks pictured), some raids on these targets were not successful and other attacks on oil storage facilities on nearby islands were ineffective. The minelaying campaign disrupted Japanese shipping in the area, causing some loss and damage, but was not decisive. The Allied air attacks raised the morale of Singapore's civilian population, who believed that the raids marked the impending liberation of the city. Civilian casualties were limited, though one attack rendered hundreds homeless and civilian workers were killed during attacks on military facilities. (Full article...)

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