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The Imperial Guard’s diversionary assault on this city’s northeast preceded an artillery bombardment of its oil tanks, which were to be set aflame to dissuade an amphibious landing. Parang machetes and shotguns were wielded by imprisoned communists recruited into this city’s “Dalforce,” which patrolled the mangroves bordering its “Causeway.” (15[1])A failed last stand on Opium Hill led to the capture of an ammunition depot within this city’s Alexandra Hospital. This (15[1])city’s (*) Tengah (10[1])Airfield was targeted by the invading forces at Sarimbun Beach, who later seized the Jurong–Kranji Line. Arthur Percival led the defense (10[1])of this “Gibraltar of the East,” whose loss Winston Churchill dubbed the “worst disaster in British military history.” For 10 points, the route to Sumatra was opened by the Japanese capture of what Malaccan port? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Singapore [or Singapura or Xīnjiāpō or Cingappūr]
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