The small town of Pengerang in Johor has a big story to tell - a 75 years old tale of the British Army's huge blunder. It's of a town which become the British Army's "Waterloo" in 1936, when they paid the price for underestimating its biggest nemesis than - the Japanese army. The Japanese invaders and captured Malaya without a single shot being fired from the Pengerang battery when they surprised the British by landing in Kota Baru instead of Singapore. The battery, located at Tanjung Pengelih, is said to be the biggest defence fort outside the United Kingdom. It sits on a 610 ha plot of land overlook into Changi and Tokong Besar Island belong to Singapore.
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