Historical Investigation by Torchkip Birch https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx en-us 2018-02-04 02:33:15 UTC 2024-06-02 10:37:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Question kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227806153 Why did the British surrender to the Japanese during WW2?]]> 2018-02-04 02:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227806153 Timeframe kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227806250 The Japanese siege of SEA
(1941-1942)]]> 2018-02-04 02:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227806250 Failed to predict where the Japanese will attack Singapore from. tristantan05 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227831907 2018-02-04 10:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227831907 Singapore was renamed to Syonan-to which meant "Light of the South" tristantan05 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227831993 2018-02-04 10:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227831993 kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227843344 British thought Japanese were going to flank them from the south, so they put cannons there]]> 2018-02-04 12:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227843344 Singaporeans suffered 3 years due to the Japanese Occupation kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227845188 2018-02-04 13:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227845188 Sook Ching (Purge through cleansing)that took 30,000 Chinese male lives kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227845326 2018-02-04 13:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227845326 kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227845464 All defences at facing the south.]]> 2018-02-04 13:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227845464 Key Words kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227845645 surrender, British, Japanese, WW2]]> 2018-02-04 13:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/227845645 Kempeitai (Japanese Secret Police) tristantan05 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228575169 2018-02-06 13:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228575169 There were still many British soldiers (80,000) when the British surrendered kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228633623 Why did they give up?]]> 2018-02-06 15:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228633623 Why did they surrender? kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228635225 2018-02-06 15:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228635225 Poorly trained troops from India kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228635728 2018-02-06 15:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228635728 This caused the Japanese to launch a surprise attack at the Woodlands area when they had an opening kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228636737 2018-02-06 15:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228636737 80,000 troops were captured as PoW and brought to Burma to build the "Death Railway" kangzheng1230 https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228637560 2018-02-06 15:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kangzheng1230/zorotrvlsyjx/wish/228637560