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80 years ago, Singapore fell to the Japanese, with at least 15,000 Australian troops taken prisoner. PM John Curtin called it “the gravest hour in our history”.
80 years ago, Singapore fell to the Japanese, with at least 15,000 Australian troops taken prisoner. PM John Curtin called it “the gravest hour in our history”.
It all started with a Japanese attack on China years earlier.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Japan relied on imports of raw materials and natural resources to survive. Rubber, tin, iron, and especially oil had to be imported for Japanese industry to function.
By the time the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, Japan had been preparing for an all-out offensive in the Pacific for months.
Japan relied on imports of raw materials and natural resources to survive. Rubber, tin, iron, and especially oil had to be imported for Japanese industry to function. The same raw materials were also essential for the Japanese war machine.