Japanese occupation of Singapore

Japanese military rule over Singapore (1942–1945)
Event military_occupation Q715645
Japanese occupation of Singapore
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Japanese occupation of Singapore

Summary

Japanese occupation of Singapore is a military occupation[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of military_occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (686 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's image is recorded as BritishSurrender.jpg[3].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's instance of is recorded as military occupation[4].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's currency is recorded as Japanese government-issued dollar in South-East Asia (1942–1945)[5].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh89004089[6].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's Commons category is recorded as Japanese occupation of Singapore[7].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's start time is recorded as +1942-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's end time is recorded as +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_71v[10].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Japanese occupation of Singapore[11].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's replaces is recorded as Straits Settlements[12].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's replaced by is recorded as British Military Administration[13].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '昭南島'}[14].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007553609605171[15].
  • Japanese occupation of Singapore's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/5bdcb510-758b-4287-8300-fe7321dfbaa7[16].

Why It Matters

Japanese occupation of Singapore ranks in the top 4% of military_occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (686 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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