Events during WWII

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    The events during WWII

  • Battle of Jitra

    It took place on 11-13 December 1941. The result compelled Arthur Percival to tell all the Allied aircraft stationed in Malaya to withdraw to Singapore.
  • Battle of Slim River

    It occurred during the Malayan Campaign between the Japanese Army and the British Indian Army. The result is Japanese victory and the British lost
  • Battle of Muar

    This battle took place around the Gemensah Bridge and on the Muar River. The result is Japanese Victory and Parit Sulong Massacre
  • Parit Sulong Massacre

    After Battle of Muar, the people who left behind had been mistreating and massacre by the Japanese, except for a handful of people escaped.
  • The victory of Japanese in Battle of Malay

    The Japanese won the Battle of Malay.
  • Fake landing of Japanese

    The fake landing of the Japanese to Singapore.
  • Battle of Singapore

    Battle of Singapore
    Battle of Singapore was fought from 8 to 12 February 1942 between the Allied (mainly British Commonwealth) and the Japanese force. After a week of intense fighting., the British surrendered Singapore to the Japanese. It is also known as Fall of Singapore.
  • The actual landing of the Japanese

    The real landing of the Japanese.
  • Tengah air field fell

  • Japanese Invasion

    Japan took Singapore side of Causeway
  • Japanese Invasion

    Bukit Timah village was taken by the Japanese.
  • Battle of Pasir Panjang

    It took place between 13 and 14 February 1942, it is part of the final stage of the Japanese took over Singapore. This is a battle between Malay Regiment and Japanese
  • Battle between Japanese and Malay Regiment

    A Battle causes the malay regiment ran out of ammunition
  • Battle of Opium Hill

    Battle of Opium Hill
    Battle of Opium Hill (14 February 1942) was one of the fiercest battles that took place in Singapore during WWII. The invading Japanese army fought against the Malay Regiment. This battle is also remembered as the heroism of Lieutenant Adnan Saidi who is the leader of brigade. He fought together with his men fought the Japanese with their grisly death.
  • British surrender

    On 15 February 1942, when Battle of SIngapore is at its zenith, the British surrender "team" was order to be at the Ford Factory in Bukit Timah to meat Tomoyuki Yamashita to sign the surrender.
  • Japanese Occupation of Singapore

    The Japanese wanted the people to learned their languages, so they forced the people to go to the Japanese school and study Japanese and sang the Japanese national song. In the cinema, only the Japanese films were shown. Every film was showing how good is the Japanese and made fun with the British. It started on 15 February 2014 and ended on 12 September 1945. Total of 3 years 8 months.
  • Execution of Lt. Ibrahim Sidek

    Lt. Ibrahim Sidek was executed in Feb. 1942 for defying Japanese orders to remove his Malay Regiment uniform
  • Operation Gustavus

    Captain Lim Bo Seng sneak into Singapore from India, the main task is to build spy network in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, the Japanese gather intelligence for the Allies. However, the operation failed, Lim Bo Seng and one was captured Japanese subsidiary, ultimately Lim Bo Seng in Jalan Batu tooth tortured to death in prison by the Japanese.
  • Operation Jaywick

    Captain Ivan Lyon led the Z special commandos sneaked into Singapore pier from Australia, the total tonnage of more than 39 tons of 7 Japanese ship blow up or sunk.
  • Double Tenth Incident

    The Japanese Military Police arrested and tortured 57 civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour that had been carried out by Anglo–Australian commandos from Operation Jaywick. 15 of them died in Changi Prison
  • Burma Railway

    The Burma Railway was completed, but about 25% workers died in this construction.
  • Azad Hind

    Azad Hind built its first headquarters.
  • Operation Rimau

    A year later, it is already Colonel, Leon (Lt. Col. Ivan Lyon) led 23 people from Australia again sneaked into Singapore, sank three Japanese ships. Unfortunately, the Japanese caught them. In this action, 13 players on the spot by the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel Leon executed. Another 10 Japanese court after being sentenced to death for espionage.
  • Operation Struggle

    Singapore was subjected to air raids by British and American long-range bomber units.
  • Bombing of Singapore

    It was a military campaign conducted by Allies air forces during WWII. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) long-range bomber units conducted 11 air raids on Japanese-occupied Singapore between November 1944 and March 1945.
  • Operation Struggle

    August 1945, the Royal Navy's two mini-submarines sneak into Singapore XE class marina in Operation Struggle action, the target is two Japanese heavy cruiser. In Kaohsiung, the hull was successfully installed the adsorption mine, destroying the Kaohsiung No. blown apart.
  • Hiroshima Atomic Bombing

    Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
    US dropped the atomic bomb "Fat Man" onto Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 caused many people died.
  • Nagasaki Atomc Bombing

    US dropped the second atomic bomb "Little Boy" onto Nagasaki. By then, the Japanese had allowed the Allies to send the food supplies.
  • Japanese surrendered

  • British landed in Singapore

  • Operation Tiderace

    On 6 September, about 34000 POWS and internees were freed
  • Japanese surrendered ceremony

    The formal of signning of the surrender instrument was held ar City Hall Singapore