Japanese Occupation

B) The factors leading to the defeat of the British in Malaya to Japan and the effects of the japanese occupation.

After winning many important wars such as the Sino, Russo, Manchuria and defeating China, japan was starting to become one of the leading superpowers in regional northern asia and also as a world superpower due to japan’s military advancement. Japan had not only seen growth in its military aspects but also a growth in its economy due to the advancement in its industry.

As the second world war began in 1939 when Great Britain declared war upon Germany after it invaded Poland. The start of the second world war kept Great Britain and her allies busy, Great Britain was focused on the war against the axis powers, which made it hard to maintain the new british colonies that were getting

Japanese powers had effectively taken control over the airspace all through Malaya and Singapore within a short period of two months. The Japanese Occupation in Malaya started on the 15th of Feb 1942 and amid the Japanese occupation for three and a half years, different strategies have been executed to fortify their position. All approaches have an enormous effect on social, political and monetary life of Malaya. The People were in sufferings and discouraged by the Japanese government approach.

Social impacts of Japanese occupation in Malaya prompted more far off relationship between the races within Malaya. Japanese military gave an alternate treatment as per race where the Malays and Indians were dealt with well by the Japanese, and Chinese treated unreasonably. The Malays have been delegated as the Japanese "Kempeitay" relegated to find the Chinese. This expanded the disdain among the Chinese against the Malays coming about thicker between ethnic antagonistic vibe between the Malays and Chinese. Consequently, the Chinese looked for sanctuary in the forested areas to evade Japanese military