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The battle in Singapore against the Japanese begin. The British, Australians, Malay, Indians and Chinese fought hard for Singapore
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The Japanese soldiers invaded Singapore, killing many residents while trying to take over the small Island of Singapore from the British.
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The Japanese had occupied the McRitchie reservoir, which cut off most of the supply of clean water. This place was targeted to give the British no choice, but to surrender.
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It was unexpected when Liutenant AE Percival surrendered to General Yamashita. The British were low on ammunition, they had very little acess to water, and they had lost almost all communication with their troops. The Japanese had them under continuos attack, and Percival had to choice but to surrender. Percival attempted to make an agreement with Yamashita, but Yamashita refused anything, and made Percival sign the unconditional surrender.
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More than 16,000 prisoners of war died in the consturcutiong of the railway. The POW consisted of Malays, Chinese, Dutch, British, Australians and Indians. They died from malnutrition, diseases, accidents, exhaustion and sickness. And the Prisoners of War recieved little or no medical care.
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By late 1944 the Japanese were suffering from severe food shortages, which was making their rule of countries they were occupying weak.
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An atomic bomb was dropped by the Americans in Hiroshima, killing more than 70,000 civilians
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The Americans dropped another bomb in Japan, but this time in Nagasaki killing about 40,000.
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In early 1945 the US had gained the upper hand, and bombed Japan twice with atomic bombs. Too many people were killed and the Japanese emperor didn't want to risk any more of his citizans getting hurt. The bombs individually hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing many people.
