The Battle Box is the popular name of the Fort Canning Bunker, formerly known as Headquarters Malaya Command Operations Bunker, constructed under Fort Canning Hill, Singapore, as an emergency, bomb-proof command centre during the Malayan Campaign and the Battle of Singapore. The Battle Box is currently a museum and tourist attraction.
One of the entrances to the Battle Box museum
The Battle Box ticketing office, Fort Canning Hill
Stairs at an entrance leading down to the underground level
Fort Canning Hill, formerly Government Hill, Singapore Hill and Bukit Larangan, or simply known as Fort Canning, is a prominent hill, about 48 metres (157 ft) high, in the southeast portion of Singapore, within the Central Area that forms Singapore's central business district.
River Valley Road Entrance to Fort Canning Park on Fort Canning Hill
Fort Canning Park
Jewellery found at Fort Canning Hill dating to the mid-14th century
Early drawing of the town of Singapore from 1823, with Fort Canning Hill in the background, known simply as "The Hill" in the early years.