Military history of Singapore

Pulau Blakang Mati, island behind dead, Singapore Looking at the old pictures in album, Jane found her memories of vacation she spend with her 4 friend in Singapore island called Sentosa, also referred as Pulau Blakang Mati (behind the dead) between local people. She learned that one night sitting on the sand with man she never seen before or after. He was not local, moved there with his parents when his father was stationed there before Singapore got independent from United Kingdom. He moved back

The Battle of Singapore was also known as the Fall of Singapore. The fall of Singapore to the Japanese Army occurred on the 15th of February 1942. It was probably Britain’s worst defeat in World War Two. It was fought in the Southeast Asian theatre of the Second World War. It started when the Empire of Japan invaded the Allied stronghold of Singapore. The fighting in Singapore lasted from 8-15th of February 1942. What happened? What happened was that Japan capture from England and Britain surrendered

9th of February 1942, three divisions of Japanese soldiers landed in Singapore, which was at the time a major British military base and presence in the Pacific. Six days later, over 90 000 British, Australian and Indian troops were forced to surrender. It had been believed that Singapore guaranteed the security of Australia during the war, consequently, the fall of Singapore opened Australia to invasion. The fall of Singapore was significant in causing relations between Australia and the United

Australians were involved in World War 2. The war effort came from women and men alike, serving interstate and internationally. At the end of this war, there were 40,000 dead and more than 30,000 taken as prisoners of war. This was the first time in history that Australia's mainland had come under direct attack. The war was a catastrophic global conflict which did have a significant impact on Australians. World War 2 started in 1939, with the German invasion of Poland, and ended in 1945, by Japan being

in World War 2, displaying the significance of the fall of Singapore and Kokoda. The fall of Kokoda and Singapore were all related to a series of attacks from the Japanese and were counteracted by various campaigns Australia has formed. The intentions of the Japanese from both battles were distinctive, as throughout the second world war Japan was allied with Germany, who fought against Australia’s allied forces. From Kokoda and Singapore, the position of which alliances take part in are illustrated

The Fall of Singapore to the Japanese happened on the 15th February 1942 and is thought to be one of the greatest defeats in the entire history of the British Army and most likely Britain's worst defeat in all of World War 2. Singapore was considered to be a major part of the British Empire and it was thought to be as strong as a fortress. Improvement's to Singapore as a British military base had only been completed in 1938, a mere 4 years before the fall of Singapore. On the 8th February 1942

Mason Vargas January 13, 2017 Period 3 History Essay Singapore History Essay Singapore is a very interesting place. For quite a while people did not even know what to call it, a city, a country or just a territory. It is currently called an island city state. It is located off of the coast of Malaysia and Singapore is a very large center of global finance. Its currency is the Singapore dollar, its GDP is 55,182 United States dollar. And, its official languages are English, Tamil, Malay and standard

World War Two was the largest ever global military conflict and lasted from 1939 to 1945. The war was fought mostly between the Allies who mainly consisted of the United Kingdom, United States of America and the Soviet Union and the Axis, mainly Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan. The Axis were formed out of mutual goals and to secure each of their own expansionist interests while the Allies were created in retaliation to stop their aggression throughout Europe and Asia. There were many theatres of war

The Japanese imperial expansion was a major cause of the battle in Singapore. In 1940, Japan allied itself with the Axis powers and by 1941, Japan had effectively been engaged in a 10-year campaign of expansion in East Asia in the quest for much needed resources, especially oil. Before expanding further into South-East Asia, Japan wanted to remove the threat of the US Navy based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This surprise attack was the beginning of war in the Pacific on the 7th of December 1941. In just

South Korea- History South Korea was not always its own country, before World War ll, there were neither North nor South Korea, just Korea. In 1905 Japan occupied the country while fighting with Russia and by 1910 Japan annexed the country which meant Korea was now under Japans rule. Japan was able to hold onto Korea from then until the Second World War. On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union decided to declare war on Japan and invaded Korea, during this time the US had already been in Korea fighting