What Hilter did:Formed a Nazi party
Became chancellor of Germany
Used secret police and propaganda
Made speeches to move people
Created jobs
Restored military strength
Meanwhile at Mussolini and Italy...Got ready for war
Made weapons & created jobs
Formed fascist party
Used secret police and propaganda too
Dictatorship in GermanyTight control by leader:Supported "One leader'' programme
Controlled whatever was published in newspapers, magazines
Controlled what was taught in school
Arrested anyone who opposed the leader
Modernisation of Japan:Wanted to be rich and powerful like the West
PoliticalNew form of government
Economic-SocialChanges in schools; industries trade
MilitaryModernised army and navy
Why Japan went to war:
Wanted more resources and power
Singapore's reaction to Japan's ambitions:Started an anti-japanese movement
Boycott of the Japanese
Contributions Towards China's War Efforts
Demonstrations against the Japanese
Volunteers for China
Built a naval base
USELESS!
Needed warships back in Europe
Sent only a small fleet to Singapore
Reasons for the defeat of the British:
-Britian was fighting another war in Europe and North Africa.
-They underestimated the Japan.
-Japanese were also better trained in jungle warfare.
-Japan was stronger in military warfare too.
a picture of a what a British soldier would look like in the past
How did the Japanese Occupation change the lives of the people in Singapore?-Singapore renamed as "Syonan-to''
-British and Europeans taken as POWs
-Lived in fear and punishment
-Shortage of food and health conditions
Sufferings of the locals
-Hunger pangs
-Hard labour
-Building of the Death Railway
Life after the war!
-Post-war reconstruction
-Shortage of food, water, electricity
-Overcrowding and unhygenic conditions
What the British did
Set up a provisional government
Took care of Singapore's problems
Cleared the harbor to let ships transporting foodstuffs enter the port
Rationed amount of food given to each person
Constructed flats
Cleared mines and shipwrecks in seas
