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71 relations: Allies of World War II, Anxi County, Armenian Street, Singapore, Asiapac Books, Battle of Singapore, Batu Gajah, Brigadier general, British Malaya, Chin Peng, City Hall, Singapore, Dungun District, Dysentery, Esplanade Park, Esplanade, Singapore, Force 136, Freddie Spencer Chapman, Fujian, Gopeng, Guerrilla warfare, Hero, HNLMS O 23, HNLMS O 24, Hougang, Ipoh, Japanese occupation of Singapore, Kenpeitai, Kongsi, Kuomintang, Lai Teck, Land Transport Authority, Lim Bo Seng Memorial, Lim Teck Yin, Lin (surname), MacRitchie Reservoir, Major general, Malayan Campaign, Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army, Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mediacorp Channel 5, Mediacorp Channel 8, Nan'an, Fujian, Nationalist government, Operation Zipper, Pangkor Island, Pe̍h-ōe-jī, Perak, Peranakan, Pinyin, Qing dynasty, Raffles Institution, ..., Rayson Tan, Republic of China (1912–1949), Saint Andrew's School, Singapore, Second Sino-Japanese War, Singapore, Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, SMRT Corporation, Special Operations Executive, Sport Singapore, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, Sumatra, Surrender of Japan, Tanjong Pagar railway station, Television Corporation of Singapore, Terengganu, The Price of Peace, Thomson Road, Singapore, University of Hong Kong, World War II. Expand index (21 more) »
Allies of World War II
The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).
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Anxi County
() is a county of the municipal region of Quanzhou, in southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China.
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Armenian Street, Singapore
Armenian Street (Chinese: 亚米尼亚街) is a street in Central Singapore located in the Museum Planning Area.
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Asiapac Books
Asiapac Books is a Singaporean publisher that publishes educational comics and illustrated books on Asian culture, history, philosophy, health practices, art and literature.
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Battle of Singapore
The Battle of Singapore, also known as the 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—nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the East".
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Batu Gajah
Batu Gajah (population 34,000) is a municipality in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia.
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Brigadier general
Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a senior rank in the armed forces.
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British Malaya
The term British Malaya loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British control between the 18th and the 20th centuries.
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Chin Peng
Chin Peng, former OBE, (21 October 1924 – 16 September 2013) born Ong Boon Hua was a long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP).
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City Hall, Singapore
The City Hall (Dewan Bandaraya; Chinese: 政府大厦; நகர மண்டபம்) in Singapore is a national monument gazetted on 14 February 1992.
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Dungun District
Dungun is a coastal district of the Malaysian state of Terengganu.
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Dysentery
Dysentery is an inflammatory disease of the intestine, especially of the colon, which always results in severe diarrhea and abdominal pains.
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Esplanade Park
The Esplanade Park (Chinese: 海滨公园) is a historic park located at the Esplanade within the Downtown Core of the Central Area of Singapore.
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Esplanade, Singapore
The Esplanade is a waterfront location just north of the mouth of the Singapore River in downtown Singapore.
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Force 136
Force 136 was the general cover name for a branch of the British World War II organisation, the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
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Freddie Spencer Chapman
Frederick Spencer Chapman, DSO & Bar, ED (10 May 1907 – 8 August 1971) was a British Army officer and World War II veteran, most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in Japanese occupied Malaya.
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Fujian
Fujian (pronounced), formerly romanised as Foken, Fouken, Fukien, and Hokkien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China.
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Gopeng
Gopeng is a town located in Mukim Teja, Kampar District, Perak, Malaysia.
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Guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.
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Hero
A hero (masculine) or heroine (feminine) is a real person or a main character of a literary work who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength; the original hero type of classical epics did such things for the sake of glory and honor.
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HNLMS O 23
O 23, laid down as K XXIII, was an of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II.
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HNLMS O 24
O 24, laid down K XXIV was an of the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II.
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Hougang
Hougang (Chinese: 后港, Tamil: ஹவ்காங்) is a planning area and residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore.
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Ipoh
Ipoh is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Perak.
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Japanese occupation of Singapore
The Japanese occupation of Singapore in World War II took place from 1942 to 1945, following the fall of the British colony on 15 February 1942.
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Kenpeitai
The was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1881 to 1945.
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Kongsi
Kongsi is a Hokkien transcription term meaning "company".
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Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China (KMT; often translated as the Nationalist Party of China) is a major political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, based in Taipei and is currently the opposition political party in the Legislative Yuan.
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Lai Teck
Lai Teck was a leader of the Communist Party of Malaya and Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army.
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Land Transport Authority
The Land Transport Authority (Abbreviation: LTA; Chinese: 陆路交通管理局 (shortform: 陆交局); Malay: Penguasa Pengangkutan Darat; நிலப் போக்குவரத்து வாரியம்) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of Government of Singapore.
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Lim Bo Seng Memorial
The Lim Bo Seng Memorial is a octagonal pagoda-like war memorial at Esplanade Park, Singapore.
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Lim Teck Yin
Lim Teck Yin (born 24 December 1962) is the CEO of Sport Singapore.
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Lin (surname)
Lin is the Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written 林 in Chinese character.
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MacRitchie Reservoir
MacRitchie Reservoir is Singapore's oldest reservoir.
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Major general
Major general (abbreviated MG, Maj. Gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.
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Malayan Campaign
The Malayan Campaign was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya, from 8 December 1941 – 31 January 1942 during the Second World War.
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Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
The Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (马来亚人民抗日军; abbreviated MPAJA) was a paramilitary group that was active during the Japanese occupation of Malaya from 1942 to 1945.
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Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
The Mass Rapid Transit, or MRT, is a rapid transit system forming the major component of the railway system in Singapore, spanning most of the city-state.
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Mediacorp Channel 5
Mediacorp Channel 5 (Chinese: 5頻道, Before 1 January 2005: 新加坡電視 (English: "Television Singapore") and 第5波道 (English: "Saluran 5" and "5th Frequency") is a 24-hour English general news and entertainment free-to-air terrestrial television channel in Singapore. Programmes on Channel 5 normally include English dramas either made in-house or obtained from overseas, movies, sports, reality show, variety show, news, current affairs and game show programmes. Local editions of overseas programmes like Singapore Idol, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Deal or No Deal have also been produced.
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Mediacorp Channel 8
Mediacorp Channel 8 or Channel 8 (Before 1 January 2005: 第八波道) is Singapore's first free-to-air Mandarin television channel in Singapore. It is the first of two Singapore Mandarin over-the-air television channels in Singapore, with the other being Mediacorp Channel U. It was created by Radio and Television Singapore (RTS) on 23 November 1963 as Singapore's only Chinese-medium channel. From 6 May 2001 to 31 December 2004, it serves as an alternative Chinese channel to SPH MediaWorks Channel U. After SPH MediaWorks and Mediacorp merged on 1 January 2005, it now serves as a complementary to Mediacorp Channel U.
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Nan'an, Fujian
Nan'an is a county-level city of southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China.
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Nationalist government
The Nationalist government, officially the National Government of the Republic of China, refers to the government of the Republic of China between 1 July 1925 to 20 May 1948, led by the Kuomintang (KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party).
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Operation Zipper
During World War II, Operation Zipper was a British plan to capture either Port Swettenham or Port Dickson, Malaya as staging areas for the recapture of Singapore in Operation Mailfist.
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Pangkor Island
Pangkor Island (Pulau Pangkor) is a resort island in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia.
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Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Pe̍h-ōe-jī (abbreviated POJ, literally vernacular writing, also known as Church Romanization) is an orthography used to write variants of Southern Min Chinese, particularly Taiwanese Southern Min and Amoy Hokkien.
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Perak
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Peranakan
Peranakan Chinese, or Straits-born Chinese, are the descendants of Chinese immigrants who came to the Malay archipelago including British Malaya (now Malaysia and Singapore, where they are also referred to as Baba-Nyonya) and Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia; where they are also referred as Kiau-Seng) and southern Thailand, primarily in Phuket and Ranong between the 15th and 17th centuries.
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Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin Romanization, often abbreviated to pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan.
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Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty, also known as the Qing Empire, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.
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Raffles Institution
Raffles Institution (RI), founded in 1823, is the oldest school in Singapore for pre-tertiary education.
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Rayson Tan
Rayson Tan (born 12 January 1965) is a Mediacorp actor.
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Republic of China (1912–1949)
The Republic of China was a sovereign state in East Asia, that occupied the territories of modern China, and for part of its history Mongolia and Taiwan.
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Saint Andrew's School, Singapore
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Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.
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Singapore Armed Forces
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is the military component of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Singapore as part of the city-state's Total Defence strategy.
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Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (abbrev: SCCCI; p) is a business chamber in Singapore.
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Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan
Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (SHHK), or the Singapore Hokkien Association in English, is a cultural and educational foundation.
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SMRT Corporation
SMRT Corporation Limited is a public transport operator incorporated on 6 March 2000, as a result of an industry overhaul to form multi-modal public-transport operators in Singapore.
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Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British World War II organisation.
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Sport Singapore
Sport Singapore, formerly Singapore Sports Council (Abbreviation: SSC; Simplified Chinese: 新加坡体育理事会; Malay: Majlis Sukan Singapura), is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of the Singapore Government.
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Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
The Straits Settlements Volunteer Force (SSVF) was a military reserve force in the Straits Settlements, while they were under British rule.
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Sumatra
Sumatra is an Indonesian island in Southeast Asia that is part of the Sunda Islands.
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Surrender of Japan
The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.
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Tanjong Pagar railway station
Tanjong Pagar railway station (Stesen Keretapi Tanjong Pagar;; தஞ்சோங் பகார் ரயில் நிலையம்), also called Singapore railway station (Stesen Keretapi Singapura;; சிங்கப்பூர் ரயில் நிலையம்) or Keppel Road railway station, is a former railway station located at 30 Keppel Road in Singapore.
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Television Corporation of Singapore
Television Corporation of Singapore (Abbreviation: TCS; Singapore Mandarin: 新加坡电视机构 (Abbreviation: 新视); Malaysian: Perbadanan Televisyen Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் தொலைக்காட்சிக் கழகம்) was a television broadcasting services in the then-monopolised media industry in Singapore.
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Terengganu
Terengganu (Jawi:ترڠڬانو, Terengganu Malay: Tranung, Ganu, Teganu, Ganung, Teganung), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia.
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The Price of Peace
The Price of Peace is a Singaporean television drama set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II.
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Thomson Road, Singapore
Thomson Road is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the northern suburban areas.
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University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (often abbreviated as HKU) is a public research university located in Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Bo_Seng
