My life during the Second World War in Singapore

On 6 and 9 August 1945, U.S. B-29 bombers dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On 8 August 1945, Sovie...

The Japanese occupation of Singapore started after the British surrender. Japanese newspapers triumphantly declared the victory as decidin...

Singapore was the target of various operations masterminded by Allied forces to disrupt Japanese military activities. On 26 September 1943...

Resources were scarce during the occupation. The prices of basic necessities increased drastically due to hyperinflation. For example, the...

By the morning of 15 February, the Japanese had broken through the last line of defence and the Allies were running out of food and ammuni...

After the fall of Singapore, Masayuki Oishi, commander of No. 2 Field Kempeitai, set up his headquarters in the YMCA Building atStamford Ro...

At about 13:00 on 14 February, Japanese soldiers advanced towards the Alexandra Barracks Hospital.A British lieutenant—acting as an envoy ...