Year 2 History notes

CHAPTER6 HowdidtheJapaneseEstablishcontrolinSingapore? Methodsusedtocontrol Singapore UsingForce Winningloyalty Metingout harshpunishments usingpropagandaImprisoningalliedSoldiers ProvidingbenefitstothelocalsCarryingout operationSookChing ImposingjapaneseCultureCoercingtheChineseCommunity UsingForce MetingoutHarshPunishments ● ImposedonCriminalsorEnemiesoftheJapanese- ToputanendtothelootinghappeningjustaftertheBritishsurrendered,theJapaneseexecutedthosewhowerecaught.- HeadsofthoseexecutedweredisplayedatpublicplacessuchasopenareaoutsidetheCathayBuilding- CreatedfearandservedasaseverewarningtothepeopleabouttheconsequenceofcrossingtheJapanese ● Kempeitai-JapaneseMilitarypolice- Arrestedthosewhoweresuspectedofbeinganti-Japanese- Foodorcashrewardswereofferedtoencouragepeopletoinformauthoritiesofanyonetheysuspectedofbeinganti-Japanese.--->Notrustbetweenpeople- Thosesuspectedofbeinganti-Japaneseweretorturedorevenexecuted.- Peoplelearnttogoabouttheirbusinessquietlyandnotappeardisobedient ImprisoningAlliedSoldiers ● ImprisonedtheBritish,AustraliansandAlliedEuropeansinSingapore,includingwomenandchildren

- ThePOWswereforcedtomarchinpublicfromBukitTImahRoadtoChangiPrisonandtheBarracksnearby- ManycivilianspassedthePOWsfoodandmoney,despitetheriskofbeingpunished CarryingOutOperationSookChing ● Aimedtoidentifyandeliminateanti-Japaneseelementsacrossthechinesepopulation- Brutalpurgeofmembersofthechinesecommunity- WhenJapanwasinvadingChina,theyfacedstrongresistancefromChinesecommunitiesoutsideofChina.- TheChinesecommunityinSingaporecalledforaboycottofJapanesegoodsandcontributedfundstoChina’seffortsagainstJapan.- AllChinesemenaged18-50hadtoassemblemassscreeningcentresexaminedbytheJapanese.- Informatswouldidentifypeoplewhoweresuspectedofbeinganti-JapaneseandpassontheinformationtotheKempeitai.Thosewhowerenotidentifiedasanti-Japanesewereallowedtogohome.Theywouldreceiveastamponsmthwhichmeantthattheyhadbeenexamined.Thosewhowerenotwereexecuted.Estimatesrangefordeathsis600-5000. CoercingtheChineseBusinessCommunity ● TargetedChinesebusinessmen- DuetotheirgenerouscontributionstotheChinaReliefFund,supportingtheChineseresistanceagainstJapan.- TheOverseasChineseAssociation(OCA)wascreatedtoactasachannelbetweentheChinesecommunityandtheJapanesegovernment.- TheJapanesedemanded50millionStraitsdollarstotheJapaneseAdministrationtopunishtheChinesecommunityinMalayaandSingaporeforsupportinganti-JapanesewaractivitiesinChinaaswellasBritishWareffortsinMalayaandSingapore. WinningLoyalty UsingPropaganda- Influencethemindsofthepeopleandgaintheirloyalty ● Portrayedthemselvesasliberatorstofreeasiansfromcolonialrule

- TriedtoconvincelocalstoaccepttheirvisionoftheGreaterEastAsiaCo-ProsperitySphereinwhichJapanwouldfreeAsiannationsfromthecontrolofWesternColonialpowers.ThevisionpressedforaunitedAsiathatwouldbenefitfromsharingresourcesequally.- Messageswerespreadthroughpostersandradiobroadcasts ● GetIndianCommunitytolookuponJapaneseRulefavourably- JapanesepromisedtohelpfreeIndiafromtheBritish- TheInd