Japanese Occupation of Singapore-British Perspective

By j.bartholomeusz
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    Japanese Occupation of Singapore

  • The Japanese invade Malaya

    The Japanese invade Kota Bahru

  • Pearl Harbour is bombed

    The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour

  • Japanese drop the first few bombs on Singapore

    Japanese drop the first few bombs on Singapore

  • Japanese sink the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse off the coast of Kuantan, Malaya.

    Japanese sink the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse off the coast of Kuantan, Malaya.

  • Last Allied troops cross the Causeway into Singapore.

    Last Allied troops cross the Causeway into Singapore.

  • Japanese launch a diversionary attack on Pulau Ubin

    Japanese launch a diversionary attack on Pulau Ubin

  • The first Japanese troops land on the shores of Singapore

    The first Japanese troops land on the shores of Singapore

  • Tengah Airfield falls to the Japanese

    Tengah Airfield falls to the Japanese

  • The Japanese take Bukit Timah Hill

    The Japanese take Bukit Timah Hill

  • Alexandra Hospital Massacre

    Alexandra Hospital Massacre

  • Bukit Chandu is captured

    Bukit Chandu is captured

  • The British surrender

    The British surrender
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    Sook Ching Massacre

    Literally means "purge through purification" All Chinese men between the ages of 18-50 had to report to screening centres to see if they were anti-Japanese. If they were thought to be anti-Japanese, they were taken to remote places around the island and killed.

  • An Allied commando unit infiltrates Singapore Harbour

    An Allied commando unit infiltrates Singapore Harbour

  • Double Tenth Incident

    The Kempeitai arrested and tortured fifty-seven civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour that had been carried out Australian commandos from Operation Jaywick.

  • An atomic bomb is dropped in Hiroshima by the Americans

    An atomic bomb is dropped in Hiroshima by the Americans

  • An atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki by the Americans

    An atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki by the Americans

  • World War II ends

    World War II ends

  • British forces arrive back in Singapore

    British forces arrive back in Singapore

  • 34,000 POWs and internees are freed

    34,000 POWs and internees are freed

  • The Japanese surrender

    The Japanese surrender