S2B - Resisting the Japanese by Anthony Agujero

Rishabh

2021-10-13 00:58:21 UTC

The value of this source is given by opinion and perspective. This person had experienced the colonisation and war. He was questioning it and trying to protect his home, which otherwise, the British thought was not. That is why its so important, a point of view from the past is always good and reliable.

Rishabh

2021-10-13 01:00:11 UTC

Force 136 was a anti-Japanese resistance that had made its moves during the Japanese occupation. Force 136 had also aided MPAJA which was another resistance movement force.

Rishabh

2021-10-13 01:02:56 UTC

MPAJA stands for Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army. They were one of the most well organised resistance forces back then. It was led by Lai Teck who was a communist. They operated mostly in Perak and Johor in jungles. The MPAJA had made a difference and was recognised by the British later on.

Shirin

2021-10-13 01:03:20 UTC

Value: The value of this source is to inform us on how the immigrants would view Singapore and how the Britishers would view the immigrants. It shows us both aspects.

Yvie

yviego — 2021-10-13 01:04:59 UTC

The value is that it is a first-hand account of an actual member of an anti-Japanese resistant force, and personal accounts of people who experienced events like these are not common.

Shirin

2021-10-13 01:05:13 UTC

Force 136 is an anti- Japanese propaganda , it was set up by the British War cabinet.

Halle

2021-10-13 01:05:16 UTC

Value - This source provides us with information about on what they wanted to do and what they needed to. This talks about the safety and protection of Singapore during the war.

Rishabh

2021-10-13 01:05:23 UTC

Lim Bo Seng was a good help of the Force 136 and worked as a business man. Force 136 had tried its best to get the most information they could about the Japanese. They were arrested later on and so was Lim Bo Seng. They were tortured and interrogated but some who were not caught just stayed in the jungle.

Ira

2021-10-13 01:05:28 UTC

The value of this source is to tell us how the British viewed the immigrants who are living in Singapore.

Vivien

2021-10-13 01:06:12 UTC

Value - The value of this source is that it tells us how the immigrants and the British viewed each other.

Yvie

yviego — 2021-10-13 01:06:46 UTC

Force 136 is a resistant force against the Japanese created by the British War Cabinet in 1940 with the help of businessman, Lim Bo Seng.

Ira

2021-10-13 01:07:30 UTC

Force 136 was an anti-Japanese army it was created by the British War Cabinet.

Kim

kimibustalino — 2021-10-13 01:07:44 UTC

Value: This source is valuable because it tells us how the Chinese immigrants wanted to help Singapore and how they felt about the British getting destroyed by the Japanese.

Halle

2021-10-13 01:07:47 UTC

Force 136 is an anti-Japanese team during the Japanese Occupation. This was set up by the British War cabinet in 1940. This was also helped created by Lim Bo Seng.

Rishabh

2021-10-13 01:07:57 UTC

At the looks of the pictures in the book, everyone was cheering and were really happy that the British were back. The British now tried to help Singapore and created a Military Administration that would govern Singapore. It was said to bring prosperity and stability. Even after this, the occupants of Singapore were still challenged by many problems.

Lawrence

lawrenceauyeung — 2021-10-13 01:08:24 UTC

The value of this source was given by Tan Chong Tee.Their second home land was in Singapore and they needed to protect it, it's land here and it's safety.Tan Chong Lee didn't recognise the British rule.

Jed

2021-10-13 01:09:04 UTC

Value: The value of this source is that it tells us people joined the war against the Japanese to defend their country.

Yvie

yviego — 2021-10-13 01:09:30 UTC

During the Japanese Occupation, MPAJA was one of the most organized resistant groups against the Japanese that was based in the jungles of Johor and Perak.

Kimmi

2021-10-13 01:09:33 UTC

Value: The value of source 37 talks about how the British viewed the immigrants and how the Chinese immigrants felt about Singapore.

Shirin

2021-10-13 01:09:34 UTC

MPAJA was the Malayan People's anti- Japanese army, it was a group of people led by Lai Teck a communist leader from Vietnam,They launched attacks on Japanese troops and locals that supported the Japanese.

Halle

2021-10-13 01:09:36 UTC

MPAJA also known as Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army. This is a Main Anti-Japanese Occupation made by the British War Cabinet in 1940.

Ira

2021-10-13 01:09:46 UTC

MPAJA was an anti-Japanese Army. It was one of the most organised resistance when it was the Japanese occupation.

Vivien

2021-10-13 01:09:48 UTC

Force 136 was a set up by the British Was Cabinet in 1940. They collect information about the Japanese and organized attacks. With the help of Lim Bo Seng.

Ashley

ashleyling2 — 2021-10-13 01:10:37 UTC

It is valuable because it tells us what the immigrants and British think of each other, and how the immigrants would protect Singapore or their home.

Layla

laylago — 2021-10-13 01:10:44 UTC

This source is valuable because it shows us a first-hand account from an actual member of Force 136, talking about what the people in Singapore were fighting for when they decided to join in making war efforts.

Halle

2021-10-13 01:10:56 UTC

Lim Bo Seng is a prominent Hokkien business man. He was active on the Anti-Japanese activities during World War 2.

Rishabh

2021-10-13 01:11:14 UTC

I think the people weren't confident with them because they were nothing more than the same old British that they had faced so many problems with. Everyone was fighting hard to earn money and live their lives peacefully, but the problems were just flowing in like a river. Workers tried to join trade unions for better earning but all they were asked to do were stikes.

Jed

2021-10-13 01:11:19 UTC

Force 136 was a group that was made to try to fight against the Japanese. They would gather information about the Japanese, and would arrange attacks whenever possible.

Yvie

yviego — 2021-10-13 01:11:37 UTC

Lim Bo Seng was a successful Hokkien businessman who helped set up Force 136, he was also a member of the group.

Ira

2021-10-13 01:11:41 UTC

Lim Bo Sen was a Hokkien businessman, He participated in many anti-Japanese activities.

Shirin

2021-10-13 01:11:59 UTC

Lim Bo Seng was a businessman, that contributed a lot during the Japanese occupation he gathered troops from China and would help set up intelligence work.

Kim

kimibustalino — 2021-10-13 01:12:03 UTC

Force 136 was an anti-Japanese resistance group comprised of many Malayan and Chinese men who were tasked to gain information about the Japanese and they were also able to launch surprise attacks against the Japanese.

Halle

2021-10-13 01:12:19 UTC

The pages that I have read states that they followed the British. I think that they followed them and wanted them because the British helped them fight in the war.

Vivien

2021-10-13 01:12:36 UTC

MPAJA is a resistance group during the Japanese Occupation. It was led by Lai Teck and his right-hand man Chin Peng.

Ashley

ashleyling2 — 2021-10-13 01:12:44 UTC

Force 136 is a main anti-Japanese resistance movements in Singapore, it was set up in the 1940s by the British War Cabinet, they collect information for the attacks.

Kimmi

2021-10-13 01:13:18 UTC

Force 136 is an anti-Japanese army in 1940, they were soon arrested by the Japanese in 1944.

Layla

laylago — 2021-10-13 01:13:34 UTC

Force 136 was set up with the help of an important Hokkien businessman named Lim Bo Seng. To fight back against the Japanese, they collected information about them and planned attacks as often as possible.

Halle

2021-10-13 01:13:34 UTC

No, because they knew that other countries will soon rule Singapore and the other countries are stronger like the Japanese.

Ravi

raviuy — 2021-10-13 01:14:24 UTC

Value: It tells us the how British would view the Chinese immigrants and also the Chinese immigrants see Singapore as a second home.

Shirin

2021-10-13 01:14:44 UTC

The locals were delighted to see the Britishers return once again when Singapore was falling, The Britishers helped and renforced rules.

Jed

2021-10-13 01:15:02 UTC

They were one of the most organised resistance groups during the Japanese occupation. They were mainly in the jungles of Perak and Johor. It was launching attacks against Japanese policemen and troops, with the help of Force 136.

Vivien

2021-10-13 01:15:07 UTC

Lim Bo Seng is a businessman who helped set up Force 136. He was one of the members who was arrested by the Japanese.

Ashley

ashleyling2 — 2021-10-13 01:15:17 UTC

MPAJA was a resistance group. It was led by Lai Teck, they operated in jungles of Perak and Johor.

Lawrence

lawrenceauyeung — 2021-10-13 01:15:27 UTC

Force 136 was set up by a British war cabinet in 1940 with the help of Lim Boo Seng. Force 136 concentrated its resistance efforts in Malaya by collecting information about the Japanese and organising attacks whenever possible.In the year of 1944, some members where captured by the Japanese and Lim Boo Seng was one of this memebers.

Kim

kimibustalino — 2021-10-13 01:15:29 UTC

The MPAJA was another group comprised of different men that all had one goal in their mind, defeating the Japanese. It was led by Lai Teck, a senior communist Leader from Vietnam.

Layla

laylago — 2021-10-13 01:16:07 UTC

MPAJA was an extremely organized resistance group that Force 136 had aided. They mostly operated from the jungle, and launched attacks on whoever worked with the Japanese. After the Japanese Occupation had ended, their efforts were also recognized by the British.

Kimmi

2021-10-13 01:17:04 UTC

The MPAJA was one of the most organised resistance groups. They launched attacks on Japanese troops, policemen and locals who worked for the Japanese.

Ira

2021-10-13 01:17:07 UTC

The people were happy to see the British because when it was the Japanese rule it was very strict and different.

Ashley

ashleyling2 — 2021-10-13 01:17:08 UTC

Lim Bo Seng was a Hokkien businessman who was there during the anti-Japanese activities to help Force 16.

Joseph

2021-10-13 01:17:27 UTC

Value:It shows how Chinese immigrants view Singapore,how British view Chinese immigrants before which is a very precious record because we can compare the views from before to now.

Yvie

yviego — 2021-10-13 01:17:35 UTC

The people seemed happy and relieved when the British returned, and seemed to somewhat still respect them. However, they grew unsatisfied and demanded more things from the British.

Kim

kimibustalino — 2021-10-13 01:18:07 UTC

Lim Bo Seng was a Hokkien Business man and he helped Force 136 against the Japanese. He was a major contributor but unfortunately, he died at June 29, 1944 in jail but his remains were brought back to Singapore after the Japanese Occupation.

Ashley

ashleyling2 — 2021-10-13 01:18:14 UTC

They respected when the British returned because when the Japanese rules it was very strict.

Ravi

raviuy — 2021-10-13 01:18:17 UTC

Force 136 is a anti-Japanese organization and made attacks when there is an opening, they also help and get information from Malay.

Shirin

2021-10-13 01:18:22 UTC

No , because The Britishers left the Singaporeans to suffer when the occupation happened and considering that they were quite powerful at that time they easily could've helped them and sent renforcements, I think this made the Singaporeans lose their trust and faith towards the Britishers.

Jed

2021-10-13 01:18:22 UTC

He was a big part in revolting against the Japanese. He is a businessman that fled to India when the Japanese took control of Malaya. He then went to China to gather people to strike against the Japanese back in Malaya.

Lawrence

lawrenceauyeung — 2021-10-13 01:18:53 UTC

MPAJA means Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army and it's the most organised group during the Japanese Occupation.MPAJA was led by Lai Teck, a senior communist leader from Vietnam and his right-hand man,Chin Peng, a Malayan Chinese from the state of Perak.

Joseph

2021-10-13 01:19:21 UTC

Force 136 is a Anti-Japanese force that was made by the British War Cabinet,with the help of a businessman,Lim Bo Seng.

Layla

laylago — 2021-10-13 01:19:35 UTC

Lim Bo Seng was a prominent Hokkien businessman who helped in the resistance against the Japanese. He helped set up Force 136, and he actively supported war efforts against Japan.

Yvie

yviego — 2021-10-13 01:19:38 UTC

I don't think the people were confident in the British, since they were still facing many of the same problems even after they returned. Many demanded more things of the British and started strikes in an attempt to get their attention.

Chus

2021-10-13 01:19:42 UTC

the value of the source is to tell us how the British viewed the chines as temporary settlers in Singapore and the chines thought of Singapore as a colony country of the British?.

Ira

2021-10-13 01:19:53 UTC

I don't think so because the Japanese was a strong country that was able to rule Singapore and I don't think that the British would be able to protect Singapore that well.

Jed

2021-10-13 01:20:44 UTC

When the British came back, the people seemed to be very happy. Everyone was hoping for the British to bring back order and help them achieve a better life, and so that they no longer had to live like that again.

Kimmi

2021-10-13 01:20:47 UTC

Lim Bo Seng was a Hokkien businessman who was active in anti-Japanese activities. He was involved in activities to help support China's war effort against the Japanese.

Lawrence

lawrenceauyeung — 2021-10-13 01:21:44 UTC

Lim Boo Seng was a prominent Hokkien businessman who was active in anti-Japanese activities during World war Two.He came to Singapore from China at the age of 16.In the 1930s, he was involved in activities to help support China's war effort against Japan.

Ravi

raviuy — 2021-10-13 01:21:48 UTC

MPAJA is another organization that is anti-Japanese and stands for Malayan People's anti-Japanese Army, It was led by Lai Teck was a Vietnamese senior communist leader. They got help from Force 136 and worked in jungles of Johor and Perak

Jed

2021-10-13 01:22:55 UTC

I do not think that they were that confident in the British anymore. People were still facing many of the same problems that they were facing during the Japanese occupation, like food being sold at high prices, lack of education, and lack of houses.

Joseph

2021-10-13 01:23:05 UTC

MPAJA is one of the Anti-Japanese force during the Japanese Occupation,and its leader is a senior communist leader from Vietnam called Lai Teck,MPAJA is one of the most organised force in the Anti-Japanese forces.

Lawrence

lawrenceauyeung — 2021-10-13 01:23:43 UTC

By looking at the picture in the book, everyone is cheering because the Japanese surrender shortly and the the British were back.

Vivien

2021-10-13 01:24:31 UTC

The people were happy and were cheering for the return of the British troops when they returned because they were hoping that Singapore would go back the way it was.

Layla

laylago — 2021-10-13 01:25:00 UTC

When the British returned to Singapore, the locals were all happy and relieved that the British were back. They cheered the British on and the British Colonial Rule continued. However, the locals still continued to experience several problems (such as insufficient food and scarce housing) that the British never fixed.

Kim

kimibustalino — 2021-10-13 01:25:21 UTC

When the British came back to Singapore after the Japanese occupation, they were very happy to see them because they thought that life would be easy again.

Joseph

2021-10-13 01:25:28 UTC

Lim Bo Seng is a Hokkien businessman who help the Force 136,he was being caught by the Japanese in 1944,there was a memorial to mark his sacrifies in Singapore

Ashley

ashleyling2 — 2021-10-13 01:25:31 UTC

I don't think they are confident about it because they have faced many problems and stronger countries have already taken over Singapore.

Lawrence

lawrenceauyeung — 2021-10-13 01:26:01 UTC

People were not confident cause the British where not back during the Japanese colonial rule in Singapore.

Kimmi

2021-10-13 01:26:31 UTC

The people respected the British when they returned to Singapore because of how strict the Japanese rules are and how harsh the Japanese were. The Singaporeans seemed happy to see the British return.

Vivien

2021-10-13 01:26:59 UTC

I don't think that the people were confident because the Japanese were able to take control over Singapore.

Layla

laylago — 2021-10-13 01:28:01 UTC

I don't think that the people were confident in the ability of the British to protect Singapore because if they lost to the Japanese before, that means the same thing could happen to them again. However, I think that the locals expected the British to at least improve their way of life in Singapore, which did not happen.

Jimmy

2021-10-13 01:28:15 UTC

The value of the source is to show how the British see the Chinese immigrants.

Kim

kimibustalino — 2021-10-13 01:28:19 UTC

I don't think they were confident anymore because from what happened to the British before the Japanese occupation, they were humiliated by the Japanese that struck their reputation down. Even so, after the British came back to Singapore, there was still several problems still in Singapore.

Ravi

raviuy — 2021-10-13 01:31:26 UTC

Lim Bo Seng was a prominent Hokkien business man who supported anti-Japanese and also supported China's war effort against the Japanese. He joined Force 136 when they were recruiting in China.

Joseph

2021-10-13 01:31:28 UTC

They still respect British because they think they can bring peace and harmony back,you can see the smiling face of the people from it.But British failed to solve problems in the Singapore because of the lack of resource,housing and jobs.

Chus

2021-10-13 01:33:00 UTC

force 136 was an anti-japanes resistance force during the Japanese occupation during ww2 witch was made by the British.

Kimmi

2021-10-13 01:34:03 UTC

I don't think the Singaporeans are confident with the ability of the British to protect Singapore. The reason would be because the Japanese were already able to take over Singapore.

Joseph

2021-10-13 01:35:33 UTC

I think the Singaporeans weren't confident that British can prtotect Singapore because of the Japanese Occupation that happen and also the British didn't solve the problem of Singapore after the Japanese Occupation which let Singapore know how the British government really was.

Ravi

raviuy — 2021-10-13 01:35:53 UTC

The people were happy that the British were back and fought back against the Japanese for the sake of Singapore and others. They created a military facility to help Singapore be governed after the occupation.

Chus

2021-10-13 01:36:14 UTC

the MPAJA were an Malayan anti-Japanese army witch usually travelled in the jungles of Perak and Johor.

Ravi

raviuy — 2021-10-13 01:37:10 UTC

I think most people lost fate on the British protecting Singapore because when the Japanese won and took over they thought there was no hope to save them but some thought that British will come back and fight.

Chus

2021-10-13 01:40:45 UTC

Lim Bo Seng was a businessman who helped force 136 then was caught by the Japanese then later died in jail on the 29 of
June of 1944.

Chus

2021-10-13 01:42:19 UTC

yes and no because they did not know if the British wold Surender like what they did in ww2.?

Eron

2021-10-13 01:42:45 UTC

They want to join the war, defend their homeland and many countries are also supporters of them

Chus

2021-10-13 01:45:47 UTC

no? because the British did not have good tactics during the war when the Japanese occupied Singapore ??/??....

Eron

2021-10-13 01:46:43 UTC

Unit 136 was the anti-Japanese army that year, and was arrested by the Japanese soon.

ERON

2021-10-13 01:49:23 UTC

the MPAJA was one of the most organised resistance groups during japanese occupation

Eron

2021-10-13 01:51:08 UTC

lim bo seng was a prominent hokkien businessman who was active in anti-japanese activities during world war 2

Eron

2021-10-13 01:53:21 UTC

My view is that they follow them and want to use it because the British help them fight in war.

Eron

2021-10-13 01:54:37 UTC

the British military command in Singapore was confident that the power they could call on there would make any Japanese attack