Historical Investigation

Recap:
I would be able to explain: the promises of the Japanese at the start of the Japanese Occupation the changes the Japanese introduced at the beginning of the Japanese Occupation how the Japanese got rid of their enemies at the beginning of the Japanese Occupation

Consolidation of Learning

I would be able to explain: how the people struggled to survive during the Japanese Occupation how school was like for a student during the Japanese Occupation how the Japanese represented themselves to the people how the Japanese made use of the Kempeitai to rule the people how the Japanese treated the different races

How did people survive during the Japanese Occupation?

People were so thin, you could see their

Rationing Inflation Black markets Starvation

How did people survive during the Japanese Occupation? (pg 115)

They struggled to survive.

1. Japanese currency, banana notes, kept dropping in value. What was the impact on the people?

How did people survive during the Japanese Occupation? (pg 115)

2. Goods were scarce & sold at high

prices. What was the impact on the people? How then did the people survive? Rationing: Peace Living Certificates Black market: participating as sellers or brokers

How was school like for a student during the Japanese Occupation? (Pg 114)
Students had to Sing the Japanese anthem, Kimigayo during morning assembly. Learn Japanese language & read Japanese books Learning Japanese etiquette: Learn how to bow properly Be a part of the Japanese militarist culture: go for morning exercises & mass drills
Why do you think the Japanese made students do the above?

They represented themselves using media: propaganda posters, films, radio broadcasts & movies. They controlled the media such as newspapers, radio, publications and film. How did this impact the lives of the people?

How did the Japanese represent themselves to the people? (pg 113114)

They portrayed Japanese as powerful and the British as weak. They portrayed Japanese as kind people who genuinely cared for the locals. Do you think the people believed in Japanese propaganda? Why?

How did the Japanese represent themselves to the people? (pg 113114)

Propaganda Posters

How did the Japanese make use of the Kempeitai to rule the people?

Kempeitai arrested, tortured & removed every person who were suspected to be anti-Japanese. Encouraged ordinary people to be informants. What was the impact of this on the lives of the people?

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How did the Japanese treat the different races?

Malays Indians Chinese Eurasians

How did the Japanese treat the different races? (Page 111)

Malays
Tried to build Malay political leadership Original inhabitants of Singapore & Malaya

Tried to win their support

How did the Japanese treat the different races?

Highly suspicious of Chinese

Chinese
Treated Chinese harshly to instill fear

Many Chinese immigrants supported China in war against Japan

How did the Japanese treat the different races? (page 111)

Influenced by rise of anti-British feelings in India

Promised to support India to break free from British colonial rule

Indians

Promised to treat Indians better

How did the Japanese treat the different races? How do you

Highly suspicious of Eurasians as many served in the Straits Settlement Volunteer Force

think the Japanese treated them?

Suspected them of helping the British

Despised Eurasians for their blood ties with Europeans

Eurasians

Question 1
Why did the Japanese win the war against the British? [6marks]

Answer to Question 1
The Japanese were resourceful and well-prepared for war.

SIA PLANE. The Japanese Soldiers, who were willing to die for their emperor, were well trained in jungle warfare that enabled them to move swiftly down Malaya.
The well-preparedness and the resourcefulness of the Japanese secured their victory.

Answer to Question 1
The Japanese had already set up intelligence services in Malaya and Singapore to gather information on British defence and readiness. The modern airforce and naval fleet that they possessed also helped them to gain victory against the British. The modern Japanese Zero Fighter Planes destroyed half of the outdated 130+ Brewster Buffaloes.

Answer to Q1
The British were too complacent and overconfident.

They believed that Singapore was well-defended.

They had underestimated the Japanese and made fatal assumptions about their strategies.

Answer to Q1
The British placed priority on the war in Europe. Because of their involvement in the war in Europe and North Africa, they could not afford to send more battleships and fighter planes to Singapore. The over-confident attitude of the British led to the lost to the Japanese

Question 2
Name four ways that the Japanese used to punish the Prisoners of War.

Answer to Q2 Forced to march 22km from the Padang to

Selarang Barracks. Imprisoned at prison camps such as Changi Prison. Some were sent on a death march to build the Thai-Burma railway (The railway of death)/used them as forced labour They were tortured (pulling off their nails/water treatment) They executed/shot those suspected of being anti-Japanese

Question 3
What did Japans attack on Pearl Harbour signifies?

Answer to Question 3
What did Japans attack on Pearl Harbour signifies? Japans attack on Pearl Harbour paved the way for its invasion of SEA (South East Asia).

Question 4
When did Singapore surrender?

Answer to Question 4
When did Singapore surrender?

15th Feb 1942