Japanese occupation Under cover of darkness on the night of 8 December 1941‚ the Japanese army invaded Malaya‚ landing in South Thailand and pushing into Kedah‚ and at Kota Bharu in Kelantan. The invasion‚ which took place an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ took the Allies in Malaya and ’Fortress’ Singapore completely by surprise. The Japanese forces had air‚ land and sea superiority and quickly overwhelmed the Commonwealth troops on the Peninsula. Militarily‚ it was a brilliant campaign
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British occupation is another western power interested in the wealth of Malaya‚ this is because the British are keen to master the economic wealth in Malaya. Thus‚ with the arrival of the British to Malaya‚ the motivation of natural resources and economic factors was encouraged. Shortly after the British controlled the economy in Malaya‚ the British also wanted to bring political intervention in Malaya. Economic incentives are aimed at ensuring the monopoly of major trading results such as Tin Ore
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n Malaysia‚ cultures have been mixing up when Malaysia was colonized by Portuguese‚ Dutch‚ British‚ Siamese‚ and Japanese. The colonization of these countries did bring many disadvantages to my country which is Malaysia‚ but it did bring many benefits to Malaysia also. The main benefit is the colonization caused various group of people in Malaysia with different social and culture backgrounds‚ unite together into one physical entity. Malaysia consists of many types of ethnic groups‚ such as
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Social Impact of the Malayan Emergency On The People and The Country of Malaysia: During Malayan Emergency‚ British had focus on many aspects and one of those was internal and foreign aspects. Other than that‚ they also concerned with population control‚ featuring a discussion of the deportations‚ resettlement and destruction of villages. Because of this social impact of Malayan Emergency‚ people of Malaysia had been divided by races to different places. During the Malayan Emergency in Malaysia
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Why were the Japanese able to defeat the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore in 1942? The Japanese defeated the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore for a number of reasons. The British underestimated the Japanese and thought that Singapore was an impregnable fortress‚ meaning that they believed that Singapore was a country that could not be conquered. Therefore‚ they did not put much effort in trying to project Singapore. In this essay I will be comparing the Japanese and British
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The quality of the soldiers was definitely among the reasons as to why the British were defeated in Malaya and Singapore during WWII. Their morale was low as most of them were recruited not from the locals but from Nepal‚ Britain‚ India and elsewhere and so did not have the fortitude to defend Singapore. Furthermore‚ the soldiers defending Singapore were heterogeneous comprising of many races and nationalities and spoke different languages which posed a communication problem amount them. Additionally
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Abstract: According to the critical age hypothesis‚ there is a period of time in child development in which language learning must occur. Children who have been neglected by their caregivers have major disruptions in their child development. They may develop mental disorders such as PTSD and anxiety problems‚ or encounter physical problems such as severe injuries and asthma. Neglected children are also likely to have cognitive and intellectual difficulties in social and classroom settings. In extreme
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when she was rescued. When she was discovered‚ Oxana found it difficult to acquire normal human social and emotional skills. She had been deprived of intellectual and social stimulation‚ and her only emotional support had come from the dogs she lived with. Oxana’s lack of exposure to language in a social context made it very difficult for her to improve her language skills. When first found in 1991 she could hardly speak. As of 2010 at the age of 26‚ Oxana resides at a home for the mentally handicapped
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Bowlby ’s maternal deprivation hypothesis assumes that continual disruption of the attachment bond between the infant and primary caregiver would result in long term cognitive‚ social and emotional difficulties for the child. To what extent has research into deprivation and privation supported this view. Bowlby claimed that the role of a mother was essential to a child and without this essential mother figure it would affect the child’s psychological health. He called this theory the maternal
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In this piece of work I will describe what nature and nurture are and I will discuss the nature vs. nurture debate in relation to the individual development. What is nature vs. nurture? There are plenty of factors that motivate our growth and development throughout our life such as: Nature is the theory that our personality‚ intelligence and our sexual adjustment is inherited by our families DNA. Nature is the environment around us that is argued to change the way we are brought up and behave
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