Chapter 6 How did the Japanese Establish Control in Singapore?

Question 1

How did the Japanese establish control in Singapore?
1. Using Force
-> no choice-> unwilling
->dont DARE to oppose
- Harsh Punishments

Answer 1

~> food or cash rewards-> encourage people to report on their neighbours (watched always)
~> suspected of being anti-Japanese-> arrested by kempeitai
~> suspects beaten and tortured-> reveal information (some even executed/imprisoned D:)

Question 2

How did the Japanese establish control in Singapore?
2. Using Force
-> no choice-> unwilling
->dont DARE to oppose
- Imprisoning Allied Soldiers

Answer 2

~> British, Australians and Europeans who fought in the war against Japan-> imprisoned
~> forced to walk in public from Bukit Timah Rd to Changi Prison and barracks nearby

Question 3

How did the Japanese establish control in Singapore?
3. Using Force
-> no choice-> unwilling
->dont DARE to oppose
- Operation Sook Ching

Answer 3

~> all Chinese men aged 18-50 were required to go to mass screening centres to be examined
-> those suspected of being anti-japanese would then be executed

Question 4

How did the Japanese establish control in Singapore?
4. Using Force
-> no choice-> unwilling
->dont DARE to oppose
- Coercing Chinese Business Community

Answer 4

~> Japanese demanded overseas Chinese association to gift 50 million strait dollars
~> they supported war efforts in China, Malaya and Singapore (British) against the japanese -> wanted to punish them

Question 5

How did the Japanese establish control in Singapore?
1. Winning Support (persuasion)
-> choice-> willingly support
-> loyalty (grateful) -> change in mindset (positive)
- Using Propaganda

Answer 5

~> tried to convince locals to accept their vision of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
~> spread through movies, books, newspapers, radio broadcasts

Question 6

How did the Japanese establish control in Singapore?
2. Winning Support (persuasion)
-> choice-> willingly support
-> loyalty (grateful) -> change in mindset (positive)
- Providing Benefits for Locals

Answer 6

~> Indian Nation Army formed with japanese support -> help Indians fight against British in India
~> Malays treated less harshly-> less fortunate given rice, sugar, salt during Hari Raya Puasa
~> schooling & accommodation free of charge (textbooks etc.)
*give them what they want-> help india be free, help poor get food they need

Question 7

How did the Japanese establish control in Singapore?
3. Winning Support (persuasion)
-> choice-> willingly support
-> loyalty (grateful) -> change in mindset (positive)
- Imposing Japanese Culture

Answer 7

~> teaching Japanese language to students & adults
~> students sing Japanese national anthem & taught Japanese folk songs
~> daily mass exercise & traditional Japanese martial arts introduced to locals
*embrace/cultivate Japanese spirit
*sense of belonging-> loyalty-> no resistance (control)