HIS 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: National Liberation Front (Algeria), Ali La Pointe, Muhammad Ali Jinnah
15 Jan 2017
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Divide and rule: it basically means that you divide the population into manageable chunks and that makes it impossible for them to come together and fight against the sovereign authority. Fall of singapore: was fought in the south-east asian theatre of world war ii when the empire of japan invaded the british stronghold of singapore. Singapore was the major british military base in south-east asia and was the keystone of british imperial interwar defense planning for south-east asia as well as the south-west pacific. The fighting in singapore lasted from 8 to 15. February 1942 although this was preceded by two months of british resistance as. It resulted in the capture of singapore by the japanese and the largest surrender of. British, indian and australian troops became prisoners of war, joining 50,000 taken by the japanese in the earlier malayan campaign.
