Brief History about Singapore

Singapore has a rich and diverse history.
There are many war memorial sites in Singapore dedicated to those who were killed or tortured during the tragic World War 2.
During the war, many were killed.
They include children, women, men and the elderly.
Even babies were killed.
Men were taken as slaves of the Japanese or killed.
Singapore was first bombed in the early morning of December 8 1941.
The siren was sounded at 4.15am.
Though Singapore had a few anti aircraft weapons, the Japanese had the advantage as they could use the cloudy dark skies to hide in.
On January 1st, Singapore encountered it's second air raid attack after almost 3 weeks of hiatus.
All the air raids we are done at night which makes the Japanese suffer few losses.
There are many well known anti-Japanese activists who were tortured to death because they refused to provide the relevant information to the Japanese army.After the end of the war, they were given a proper burial and their families were informed of their tragic deaths.
Some of these people are Elizabeth Choi, Lim Bo Seng & Lieutenant Adnan.
Lim Bo Seng was the head of the secret organization named Force 136.
This organization didn't last long and soon all of the members were killed, imprisoned or tortured.
After the war, the British took back control of Singapore and the Japanese troops in Singapore were made to do repairs and reconstruction of Singapore.
The higher ranked officers were charged with war crimes and were sentenced to death.
However some of the Japanese soldiers killed as they didn't want to be under command of the British.
However things weren't all peaceful after the war.
Many riots occurred after the war.
Riots include the Racial riots and the Hock Lee bus riots.
The racial riots occurred due to misunderstanding of the Chinese and Malays.
The muslims were celebrating prophet Muhammad's birthday when the riot occurred on the 21st July.
36 people and 556 were injured.
Another 3000 people were arrested.
In June 1956, David Marshall appeals to the United Kingdom for full self governance but failed and resigns soon after.
Lim Yew Hock took over his position and his appeal finally succeeded and Singapore was given full self governance in March 1959.
In 1959 also, Encik Yusof Bin Ishak was also given the title of Head of State.
In 9 August 1965 Singapore was expelled from the Malaysian Federation and Singapore became independent.
Now Singaporeans celebrate it's independence every 9 August.
There are now many heritage trails located in Singapore such as The War Memorial Park, Fort Canning Part and many more.