Historical InvestigationHistorical Investigation

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

Recap:

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 peoplehow the Japanese made use of the Kempeitai to rule the peoplehow the Japanese treated the different races

Consolidation of Learning

People were so thin, you could see their…

Rationing

Inflation

Black markets

Starvation

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 did people survive during the Japanese Occupation? (pg

115)

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?

How was school like for a student during the Japanese Occupation? (Pg

114)

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

113-114)

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

113-114)

Propaganda Posters

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?

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

people?

FEAR MISTRUST

How did the Japanese treat the different races?

How did the Japanese treat the different races? (Page

111)

How did the Japanese treat the different races?

How did the Japanese treat the different races? (page

111)

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

think the Japanese treated them?

How do you think the Japanese treated them?

Why did the Japanese win the war

against the British? [6marks]

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 Question 1

The British were too complacent and

over-confident.

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

Answer to Q1

Name four ways that the Japanese

used to punish the Prisoners of War.

Question 2

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

Answer to Q2

What did Japan’s attack on Pearl

Harbour signifies?

Question 3

What did Japan’s attack on Pearl

Harbour signifies?

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour paved the way for it’s invasion of SEA (South East Asia).

Answer to Question 3

When did Singapore surrender?

Question 4

When did Singapore surrender?

15th Feb 1942

Answer to Question 4