War memory and the making of modern Malaysia and Singapore

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"Singapore fell on 15 February 1942. Within days, the Japanese had massacred thousands of Chinese civilians, and taken prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers. A resistance movement formed in Malaya's jungle-covered mountains, while the vast majority resigned themselves to Japanese rule. The Occupation of Malaya would last three and a half long years, until the return of the British in September 1945. How has this period been remembered? How has its memory been shaped in the postwar era by individuals, communities, and states? These are the questions answered by this book, using the words of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Eurasians, British and Australians"--Jacket.