The End of the Japanese Ocupation

After Operation Zipper, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Operation Tiderace was a go.the plan was to capture Port Swettenham and Port Dickson, and would involve an airstrike of more than 500 aircraft of the Royal Air Force. The assault was scheduled for 9 September 1945, but was forestalled following the Surrender of Japan. When news hit to the Japanese officers in Singapore, the command was surprised. They thought of themselves being as loyal soldiers, as they think that surrender is just plain shameful to their own country. Rather than dishonoring their country, 300+ officers then committed suicide with hand grenades in Raffles Hotel, as they rather "die in honour" (seriously, most of the world knows that the Japs are well respected anyways).

~FREEDOM!

~How gamers like me think

This was the message of the Japanese Emperor after the surrender:

"

... Despite the best that has been done by everyone—the gallant fighting of the military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of Our servants of the State, and the devoted service of Our one hundred million people—the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest.

Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization.

Such being the case, how are We to save the millions of Our subjects, or to atone Ourselves before the hallowed spirits of Our Imperial Ancestors? This is the reason why We have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the Joint Declaration of the Powers.

The hardships and sufferings to which Our nation is to be subjected hereafter will be certainly great. We are keenly aware of the inmost feelings of all of you, Our subjects. However, it is according to the dictates of time and fate that We have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is insufferable."

Now... cheer for the gallant losers?

"The formal surrender was finalised on 12 September at Singapore City Hall. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of Southeast Asia Command, came to Singapore to receive the formal surrender of Japanese forces in South East Asia from General Itagaki Seishiro on behalf of Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi, commander of the Japanese Southern Army Group who had suffered a stroke earlier in the year. A British Military Administration was formed to govern the island until March 1946. Itagaki departed for Japan shortly afterwards to face his trial and execution as a war criminal."

~Wikipedia Description

~The only way to be sure, and just to be safe

After the surrender, I think that Singaporeans have learnt to be proud 

of their own country. Just ask any Singaporean son.

Website URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tiderace & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan

Date Accessed: 12th February 2013