In 1947, the British Colonial authorities in Singapore held a trial involving war crimes during the Japanese occupation. Through this, seven officers, Lieutenant General Takuma Nishimura, Lieutenant General Saburo Kawamura, Lieutenant Colonel Masayuki Oishi, Lieutenant Colonel Yoshitaka Yokata, Major Tomotatsu Jo, Major Satoru Onishi and Captain Haruji Hisamatsu were found guilty and were charged with carrying out the massacre. Kawamura and Oishi received the death penalty while the others received life sentences. However, during a subsequent trial Nishimura was convicted for his part in the Parit Sulong massacre by an Australian Military Court and hanged.

*citations* http://www2.hci.edu.sg/y09hci0003/content.html

My life during World War 2 in Singapore

It's finally over for the Japanese Occupation in Singapore has ended, World War 2 has ended, me and my friends were jumping around with joy and shouting " THE WAR HAS ENDED ", than i realised my family in China so i wrote over to them telling them that i am safe and sound.

My life during World War 2 in Singapore

In August 15 1945, Emperor Hirohito gaved a recorded radio address to the Empire(Japan), He announced the surrender on the Empire of Japan to the Allies, After a several days of behind-the-scenes negotiations and fail coup d'état.

The surrender ceremony was held on September 2, aboard the United States Navy battleship HSS Missouri , at which officials from the Japanese government signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, thereby ending the hostilities in World War II.


*Citations*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan   (2/16/2013)

My life during World War 2 in Singapore

In 6 August 1945,  The Americans dropped an Atomic bomb (little boy) down on the city of Hiroshima. But the Japanese still didnt surrender to the Americans and they withstand fighting.







Finally in 9 August 1945, The Americans dropped another Atomic bomb ( Fat Man) down on the city for Nagasaki. After the bomb was dropped, The Japanese soon surrender

*citations* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan

My life during World War 2 in Singapore

When the Death Railway (Burma Railway) was completed in November 1943. Me and my friends arrived to Singapore looking like bones. We were send back to labour camps and we were still treated the same as before. We were not given enough food as we thought that we will have privillage for building the Death Railway but we were wrong. Than when we were given things to eat at some point, we were eating our food like mad peoples that were never given food like for three days.

My life during World War 2 in Singapore

When i was being "screened", I was being told to go through the left side and they give me a triangular mark on my arm. Then i was packed into a truck and I remember going to Changi Prison. After staying about a few days , I was taken out and I have to labour for the infamous Death Railway. When I first went in there, I thought that its gonna be a place where its the same like old last time but now as slave, not coolies. But in the end, my friends and I were in the same place and he told me that we are not getting food to eat as frequent as last time. That shocked me as I thought that this was going to be a good thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_Prison

My life during World War 2 in Singapore

When Japanese first enter Singapore, they undergo operation "Sook Ching". The Japanese set up "screening centers" all over Singapore to gather and "screen" all Chinese males between 18 - 50. Some that were assume to be "anti japanese" were killed. Sometimes even some females and child were "screened". The Japanese or military police arrested those alleged to be anti-Japanese, meaning those who were singled out by informers or who were teachers, journalists, intellectuals, or even former servants of the British. All of the "anti japanese" were sent to prison, innocents who were recognized as "anti japanese" was also spend to prison. Most of the them was also executed.Those who passed the test will be given a piece of white paper bearing the word "Examined" or have a square ink mark stamp on their arm, those who failed will be given a triangle stamp.Anti Japanese were sent to killing sites with trucks and are killed in batches

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sook_Ching_massacre