Japanese Occupation of Singapore

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Japanese_Occupation_of_Singapore
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedPopulation tens of thousands killed
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Syonan-to
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Tomoyuki_Yamashita
gptkb:Hisaichi_Terauchi
gptkbp:currency Japanese-issued banana money
gptkbp:endDate 1945-09-12
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Japanese_Military_Administration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese Occupation of Singapore
gptkbp:languageImposed Japanese
gptkbp:liberatedBy gptkb:British_forces
1945-09-12
gptkbp:location gptkb:Singapore
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Sook_Ching_massacre
gptkbp:occupyingPower gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Singapore
gptkbp:resultedIn forced labor
war crimes
food shortages
currency inflation
significant civilian hardship
gptkbp:significance end of British colonial rule in Southeast Asia
gptkbp:startDate 1942-02-15
gptkbp:successor gptkb:British_Military_Administration
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Old_Ford_Factory
gptkb:Kenpeitai_East_District_Headquarters
gptkb:Changi,_Singapore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7