This chronology of the Japanese invasion was compiled by James Tann, a heritage blogger, in the lead up to the 72nd anniversary of the fall of Singapore on 15 February, 1942. Feb 8, 1942. The Japanese Army invasion of Singapore Island begins with the crossing at Lim Chu Kang. Photo cred...
In addition,some images from this article were used with permission in the book "Japanese Invasion Money" by Gregory Hale. In 2014, Images from this article were used to produce posters for a re-enactment of the Japanese occupation of Singapore, and the Filipino website FilipiKnow used images...
[Map] Maps depicting British dispositions in Malaya and Singapore on 7 Dec 1941 and the Japanese advance from Dec 1941 to Jan 1942 | World War II Database
issei, and some nisei, who had strong affiliation with the Tairiku nippô, maintained their loyalty to the Emperor, and expanded the idea that they were part of the noble Yamato race. Their ideology was a factor that prompted them to support and justify Japan’s invasion of China....
So it came to pass that sunset of 13 December found the MYOKO and the BERGALL converging off Royalist Bank. The day had not passed without incident. There was great activity in the airwaves, for the Japanese had sighted an enemy invasion convoy passing west through the Sulu Sea. It was ...
The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst atrocity during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war. The actual military invasion of Nanking was preceded by a tough battle at Shanghai that began in the ...
Ḥaydar Alī became an active ally of the French in the War of American Independence, 1778-1783 (the Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784), but his invasion of Madras, with some French troops, was defeated. However, after his death (1782), Tīpū crushed a British force of 2000, ...
Remember, Japan had millions of troops, and thousands of airplanes maintained just for homeland defense. Japan was certainly going to lose the war, but they were going to bleed the Allieds dry doing so. Obviously, President Truman decided to drop the...
16、rial from the 1931 invasion of ChinaThe Northeast began to defeat in September 1945Japanese military personnel, military personnel andA total of 2 million 874 thousand people were injured in battle,Among them, the Japanese fought in the Pacific and other Asian countriesThe field was killed and...
During the American invasion of the Japanese island of Okinawa in April 1945, several of these letters were apparently captured by the Japanese and propaganda messages were placed on them. I have seen two such letters. One letter blank has the message: Dear American Komerad Think of your old...