6 key dates

Question 1

7 December 1941

Answer 1

Japan attacked US naval fleet at Pearl Harbor

Question 2

8 December 1941

Answer 2

USA declared war on Japan, Start of World War II in the Asia-Pacific

Question 3

15 February 1942

Answer 3

British in Singapore surrendered to the Japanese

Question 4

16-18 February 1942

Answer 4

Start of the Japanese Occupation. Singapore renamed as ‘Syonan-to’. The Japanese began Operation Sook Ching

Question 5

July 1943

Answer 5

Subhas Chandra Bose arrived in Singapore to lead the Indian National Army (INA) movement

Question 6

September 1943

Answer 6

First batch of 200 Chinese settlers left Singapore to resettle in Endou, Malaya

Question 7

December 1943

Answer 7

First batch of Eurasian and Chinese Roman Catholic settlers left Singapore for Bahau, Malaya

Question 8

1944

Answer 8

Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) joined other resistance groups like Force 136

Question 9

7 May 1945

Answer 9

Germany surrendered; End of World War II in Europe

Question 10

6 August 1945

Answer 10

USA dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Question 11

9 August 1945

Answer 11

USA dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Question 12

15 August 1945

Answer 12

Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender to the Allies

Question 13

2 September 1945

Answer 13

Japan formally surrendered to the Allies on the USS Missouri

Question 14

5 September 1945

Answer 14

The British Military Administration (BMA) took over the administration of Singapore and Malaya

Question 15

12 September 1945

Answer 15

Japanese military signed formal surrender document with Admiral Louis Mountbatten; Victory Parade at the Padang

Question 16

31 March 1946

Answer 16

BMA handed administration of Singapore to the British civilian government