The Return Of Singapore

It's 12th September in 1945. Time flies so fast. Just this August (6 & 9) two bombs were launched in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They say that the Allied Forces dropped it in Japan. They even named the two bombs; 'Little boy' is the first bomb and 'fat man' is the second bomb. This causes the Japanese to go back in Japan and leave the countries that they occupied.

(This is a film documented after the bombing)

Just a week ago, 5th of September, the British troops had returned to Singapore from ships. This day, 12th of September, we, the European civilians and the locals had gathered at the Padang as the British troops go down and we cheered for them. How delighted I feel as they come back. In the Municipal Building (City Hall now) another surrender negotiations had occurred. But this time, it is the Japanese who are surrendering. It was sent to the Allied Commander, Lord Louis Mountbatten.

During the surrender ceremony, we did not see the Field-Marshal Count, Terauchi Juichi. Most of us, thought that he was afraid to go up on stage and declare the surrender himself. Instead, he sent another Japanese, General Itagaki, signed the surrendering document.

Reference:

Curriculum Planning & Development Division   Ministry Of Education Singapore . SINGAPORE FROM SETTLEMENT TO NATION PRE 1819-1971. Singapore . Marshall Cavendish

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