During World War 2(WW2), there were many questions asked about the Japanese Occupation(JO). One of the most frequently asked question was the reason why the Japanese thought that they were superior.The invasion all started due to the following reasons. Firstly, they were having high birth rates during that time. Due to that, the food resources was not sufficient to tally the needs of people in the country and they needed to implement food rationing. Thus, in order to get more food resources, they had to invade other countries. Secondly, Japan was running out of natural resources. They lacked in oil as the United States of America (USA) cut off their supply of oil so as in attempt to stop the war the Japanese had with China.Therefore, when
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The Japanese were very determined in getting Singapore. Their determination can be seen when they started invading Singapore on 8 February 1942 The Japanese moved down Malaya from Siam, Thailand, towards Singapore. After successfully defeating the British forces that were trying to defend the peninsula , The Japanese went down to Johor and overthrew the British by 8 February 1942. The British, were frightened by the Japanese who were reaching Singapore speedily. They bombed the causeway that connected Singapore and Johor. This delayed the Japanese invasion for nearly a week but the Japanese were very determined and planned another attack mission. Over the next few hours, the Japanese placed down giant guns with a barrage of 88,000 shells along the entire length of the straits. The Japanese managed to rebuild the causeway back so that men and equipment could be transported easily into Singapore. Even at this time, a counter artillery barrage as a defence could have been mounted by the British on the coastline opposite the defence army that would have caused casualties and disruption among the Japanese assault troops. But the bombardment of the army was not seen as a prelude to imminent attack. A message from Malaya believed that it would last several days and would later switch its focus to the north-east despite its ferocity exceeding anything the Allies had experienced thus far in the campaign, and consequently no order was passed. Lieutenant (Lt.) General Percival told his soldiers that if necessary, withdraw to the town centre and protect it. Unfortunately, his orders were misunderstood and most of the soldiers withdrew from the area, leaving the area unprotected. This allowed the Japanese to gain control of that area. to the Allied artillery units to begin targeting possible Japanese assembly areas. The Japanese managed to bring down the last line of
The Japanese were very determined in getting Singapore. Their determination can be seen when they started invading Singapore on 8 February 1942 The Japanese moved down Malaya from Siam, Thailand, towards Singapore. After successfully defeating the British forces that were trying to defend the peninsula , The Japanese went down to Johor and overthrew the British by 8 February 1942. The British, were frightened by the Japanese who were reaching Singapore speedily. They bombed the causeway that connected Singapore and Johor. This delayed the Japanese invasion for nearly a week but the Japanese were very determined and planned another attack mission. Over the next few hours, the Japanese placed down giant guns with a barrage of 88,000 shells along the entire length of the straits. The Japanese managed to rebuild the causeway back so that men and equipment could be transported easily into Singapore. Even at this time, a counter artillery barrage as a defence could have been mounted by the British on the coastline opposite the defence army that would have caused casualties and disruption among the Japanese assault troops. But the bombardment of the army was not seen as a prelude to imminent attack. A message from Malaya believed that it would last several days and would later switch its focus to the north-east despite its ferocity exceeding anything the Allies had experienced thus far in the campaign, and consequently no order was passed. Lieutenant (Lt.) General Percival told his soldiers that if necessary, withdraw to the town centre and protect it. Unfortunately, his orders were misunderstood and most of the soldiers withdrew from the area, leaving the area unprotected. This allowed the Japanese to gain control of that area. to the Allied artillery units to begin targeting possible Japanese assembly areas. The Japanese managed to bring down the last line of