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Japan mounted simultaneous lighting strikes at Pearl Harbor, Malaya, the Philippines and other pacific territories. it was the launch of an aborigine campaign to impose its imperial domination of East Asia and the Western Pacific.
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Japanese torpedo and dive bomber attacked force Z off the coast of Kuantan. The sinking of force Z gave the Japanese the command of the sea.
they could now reinforce their position in Malaya at will. -
hey take over the north east of Singapore and do an opening fire at Palau ubin
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The Japanese troops took over the Bukit Timah village
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General Percival surrendered and handed over Singapore to General Yamashita, which means for the Japanese, the invasion of Singapore wa successful.
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The Japanese surrendered after the Americans dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.
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Malaya [Malaysia] became independent
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Malaya and Singapore joined together and became Malaysia
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the racial riots took place as they wanted to know which race was the dominating one
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Malaysia and Singapore had split and have both officially become independent