japanese occupation guided notes

8/13/2019 Japanese Occupation Guided Notes

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Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore Guided Notes

Background Singapore was re-named Syonan-to, meaning Light of the South or the adiant

Sun

!empetai was sent to restore law and order in Singapore

"eople were punished for the slightest offence and punishment was swift andharsh

Many were tortured or decapitated

Others were made to work in the #eath ailway camps

Sufferings of peopleEuropeans / Eurasians

Japanese imprisoned all British, $mericans and $llied %uropean including

women and children

$llied soldiers were made to march from "adang to Selarang Barracks to

em&arrass them &ecause they were defeated'

%urasians were treated &adly &ecause they were mem&ers of the Singapore

(olunteer )orps and had fought against the Japanese

Indians and Malays

Japanese wanted their support against the British &ecause the Malays were the

indigenous people

*anted the support of the +ndians so that the +ndians would not support the

British in +ndia' "romised the +ndians that they would free +ndia from British rule

oweer, some were still ill-treated &ecause they refused to cooperate


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Chinese

)hinese resisted the Japanese &ecause they were against Japanese &ecause of

the Sino-Japanese war

.he Japanese carried out Sook )hing to identify and eliminate anti-Japaneseelements amongst the )hinese

Men &etween /0-12 years of report at certain centres like 3M)$ at Stamford

oad to &e e4amined

Some will hae hooded men who identify the unlucky ones as anti-Japanese

while those who were not identifies would &e gien a small piece of paper that

said 5%4amined6 and allowed to home

.hose identified were e4ecuted

.he )hinese were also made to contri&ute money towards Japan6s war effort'

.he )hinese community was forced to collect and pay Japan 712 million

Economic ro!lemsSingapore6s entrepot trade was disrupted &ecause of the war and resources were usedto support Japan6s war efforts elsewhere' .his resulted in shortages8

9a: ;ood shortage' .here was a shortage of essential goods like salt, sugar and rice'

.he Japanese introduced rationing where each family was gien a 5"eace Liing

)ertificate6 and they used it to &uy their rations' But the


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9a: .o get rid of the *estern influence and win the support of the locals, the

Japanese practiced propaganda' .here were many posters which depicted the

Japanese as friends and saior of the locals'

9&: adio stations and cinemas could only &roadcast pro-Japanese elements and

those caught listening to non-Japanese news were punished'

9c: .hey promoted the Japanese spirit > Nippon Seishin' %ery school, goernment

&uilding had to &egin the day &y singing the Japanese anthem' .eachers were

made to learn Japanese seeral times a week and students had their lessons

through the schools6 &roadcasting serice

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