Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 'Yan Birtaniya sun mika wuya a ranar 15 ga Fabrairun 1942. An sanya Singapore a ƙarƙashin aikin soja kuma aka sake masa suna Syonan-To (<unk> Hasken Kudu<unk> a Jafananci). Yayin da yaƙin ya ci gaba a wasu wurare, jama'ar Singapore sun yi fama da karancin abinci da mai, cuta kuma, a mafi munin, tashin hankali da zalunci daga Jafananci. Wannan mamayar ta ƙare ne kawai lokacin da Japan ta mika wuya ga Allies
a shekara ta 1945.