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    February 1942. The Japanese remained in occupation until their surrender to the Allies in 1945. The first Japanese garrison in Malaya to lay down their...
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  • Japanese occupation of Malaya (territories now part of peninsular Malaysia) Japanese occupation of Nauru Japanese occupation of the Philippines Japanese occupation...
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    prisoners of war Nanshin-ron Japanese invasion of Thailand Japanese occupation of Malaya Japanese order of battle during the Malayan Campaign Malaya Command:...
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    The Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) was a communist guerrilla army that resisted the Japanese occupation of Malaya from 1941 to 1945 in World...
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    favour of bringing these separate elements closer together. After the Japanese occupation, the British began to consider how to reconquer Malaya and reestablish...
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    Singapore was hit by the first Japanese bombs. After the air strike, the Japanese forces focused their invasion on Malaya (present-day Peninsular Malaysia)...
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    leaders of CPM (Singapore) Kamarulzaman Teh: former leader of Angkatan Pemuda Insaf (API) who fought the Japanese during the Japanese Occupation in Malaya. Mohd...
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  • Indian Independence League (category Indian collaborators with Imperial Japan)
    under Japanese occupation following Japan's successful Malayan Campaign during the first part of the Second World War. During the Japanese Occupation of Malaya...
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    The Federation of Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو), more commonly known as Malaya, was a country of what previously...
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    Lee Meng (category People convicted of illegal possession of weapons)
    member of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM). She took part in guerrilla resistance against the Japanese occupation of Malaya as a member of the Malayan...
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  • Sybil Kathigasu (category Japanese war crimes in British Malaya)
    Malayan Eurasian nurse who supported the resistance during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. She is the only Malayan woman to ever be awarded with the George...
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    Slabaugh, Japanese Invasion Money by Hewitt’s Numismatic Information Series (Chicago Press, 1967) Wong Hon Sum, The Japanese Occupation of Malaya (Singapore)...
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    end in February 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo. Their occupation lasted until the success of the Soviet Union and Mongolia...
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    Si Rat Malai (category 1942 in British Malaya)
    Thai government after the Japanese invasion of Malaya. The Thai authorities made Alor Setar the centre for the administration of the territory. Thailand...
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    Onn Jaafar (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor)
    Union (by the returning British colonial power after the end of the Japanese occupation of Malaya) led him to form the United Malays National Organisation...
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    formed after the Japanese occupation of Malaya. The main goal of the PKMM was to achieve full independence for Malaya and to oppose any form of British colonial...
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    was a British crown colony before its occupation by the Japanese. During the Japanese rule, former members of the Hong Kong Police Force, including Indians...
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  • deposed by the Imperial Japanese Army, but was reinstated following their surrender and the end of the Japanese occupation of Malaya in 1945. Sultan Badlishah...
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  • There were several anti-Japanese groups in British Malaya during the Japanese Occupation. During this period, multiple groups emerged in response to the...
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  • Ibrahim Yaacob (category Japanese occupation of Singapore)
    during their occupation of Malaya and led the Malayan Volunteer Army. Arrested by the British colonial government, he was freed by the Japanese in February...
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    of thousands of American soldiers to remain based in Japan indefinitely, albeit at the invitation of the Japanese government and not as an occupation...
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    The Japanese government-issued dollar was a form of currency issued for use within the Imperial Japan-occupied territories of Singapore, Malaya, North...
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    Japanese occupation of Burma Japanese occupation of Hong Kong Japanese occupation of Singapore Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies Japanese occupation...
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    History of the Philippines History of Southeast Asia Japanese occupation of Malaya Japanese occupation of British Borneo Major ports in their respective regions...
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  • Malayan Security Service (category Military history of Malaya during World War II)
    development was severely hampered by the Japanese occupation of Malaya which lasted until 1945. Following the end of the war, the MSS was unable to recruit...
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    as part of the coordinated attack that started at Pearl Harbor. Malaya and Singapore were under Japanese occupation from 1942 until 1945. Japan rewarded...
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    Malayan National Liberation Army (category 1949 establishments in Malaya)
    guerrilla war against the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Many MNLA fighters were former members of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) which had...
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    against the Japanese occupation of Malaya during WWII. The British had secretly helped form the MPAJA in 1942 and trained them in the use of explosives...
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    ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (朝鮮), the Japanese reading of Joseon. Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during...
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  • During the Japanese occupation of Malaya in the Second World War, the Japanese set up a number of brothels for their troops to "prevent the rape of local women...
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