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Japanese soldiers landed on the South and attacked it.
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The Japanese lead an artillery attack on the North. The first air raids began in the Battle of Singapore.
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The airfield has been captured by the Japanese.
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The Singapore side of Causeway was captured by the Japanese. The Japanese travel towards Bukit Timah.
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The Bukit Timah village is under the Japanese. Racecourse, and the Macritchie Reservoir has been taken by the Japanese.
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Pasir Panjang Ridge was captured by the Japanese. Over 1000 Malay soldiers fought the Chinese even though it was a war between the Chinese and the British.
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The Malay soldiers have run out of ammunition so their General orders them to use hand to hand combat. The Japanese attack Alexandra hospital in a rage. Over 200 people die.
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The British surrender and the Syonan rule starts and will continue for another 44 months.
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45, 000 Indians gathered at Farrer Park and listened to the Syonan Administration about freeing India.
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Lt. Ibrahim Sidek was executed because he didn’t remove his Malay Regiment army uniform when the Japanese ordered him to.
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Trolley bus and omnibus services were restored.
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America dropped the atomic bomb on Japan which led to the freedom of Singapore.
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The British were supposed to have landed in Singapore in accordance with the original surrender date of Japan.
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The Syonan rule ended. Supreme Allied Commander of South-East Asia invited Colonel Wild to hoist this same flag over the surrender of the Japanese forces.
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The next ten years (till 1975) help shape the nation of Singapore after it’s independence.