Selarang Barracks Incident

Date: August 30, 1942 • Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore

British and Australian prisoners of war in Singapore revolted against their Japanese captors, who required them to pledge not to escape.

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.‎