shu qing's reflection

I think that the Singaporeans then were very courageous. They did not try to escape or flee during the Japanese Occupation. And I think that the British persevered even though in the end they were indirectly forced to retreat and let the Japanese occupy Singapore.
Besides that, the Japanese leader, lieutnant-genernal tomoyuki yamashita, was very smart as they were able to reach Singapore in 90 days, which was very fast, as travelling was not very fast in the past. But at the same time, I think that they were very cruel and heartless because they killed many British and ill-treated the people of Singapore. They also ruined the people’s peaceful lives, causing them to live in constant fear and they had to suffer with the shortage of food. That also leads to many deaths.
The Japanese did not have evidence if the Chinese were guilty of helping China. Even if there was, but not everybody were involved in it. Some of them were innocent but all of them still have to face the punishment given by the Japanese. They treated the races differently. The children, who were the most innocent ones, had to suffer too. They were forced to sing the Japanese national anthem and not Singapore’s national anthem. Apart from that, they had to learn Japanese, which was not a language that they were supposed to be studying. The Japanese deprived their rights and freedom.