THE COMING OF THE JAPANESE TO BRUNEI 1941 - 1945

 JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF BRUNEI (1941 – 1945) 

“And fight in the Way of Allah those who fight you, but

transgress not the limits. Truly, Allah likes not the

transgressors.”

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 190

THE JAPANESE INVASION OF SOUTHEAST ASIA

-One reason given

by the Japanese

for the invasion of

Asia was that they

wanted to free the

Asian nations

from colonial rule

THE COMING OF THE JAPANESE IN BRUNEI

SPIES

• Before the invasion, the Japanese had sent spies to Brunei 

• During the war, these spies acted as guides to the invading army

• 16 December 1941: Japanese army landed in Kuala Belait 

• After this, the Japanese army advanced to the north and south of Borneo Island

• 22 December 1941: Police headquarters and government offices in Brunei Town captured 

THE JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION IN BRUNEI

- Miri Shyu in brunei 

• New administration headed by a Japanese

• Japanese didn’t care about Brunei, hence there was resentment against them

• Little change in structure of government

THE JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION IN BRUNEI

• People lived in hardship

• People resented activities of the Japanese ‘Kempeitai'

 NIPPONISATION

- Buildings to fly the Japanese flag

- Everybody to learn the Japanese national anthem and the Japanese language

- Japanese stamps and currency introduced, Japanese calendar used

- Youth exchange programmes set up

LIBERATION BY THE ALLIED FORCES

• 16 Nov 1944 - The Allied forces began liberation of Brunei by bombing Japanese forces in Brunei Town and Kuala Belait.

• 10 June 1945 – Australian forces landed in Muara and moved to Brunei Town. They did not face much resistance.

      

      After the war, Brunei was temporarily placed under the British Military Administration

                 EFFECTS OF THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION

                   ~Economic and social development stagnated

                    ~Local people suffered

                     due to shortage of food

                      and medical supplies

                   ~Seeds of nationalist

                      consciousness were

                     sown

Brunei during world war II

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