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1942: Battlefield Singapore
Virtual interactive site that recreates events during the Japanese Occupation.
http://www.s1942.org.sg/

A Sense of History
An excellent compilation of bibliographies on the history of Singapore with over 3,500 entries.
http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/bib/sh/

Alex Glendinning's Singapore in WWII
Contains information on civilian internees and prisoners-of-war in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation.
http://user.itl.net/~glen/asianintro.html

ASEAN Focus Group: Singapore-Introduction
Brief introduction to the history of Singapore from colonialism to independence.
http://www.aseanfocus.com/publications/history_singapore.html

Battle Photos
Excellent archive of battle photos of WWII in Asia.
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/index.html

Growing Pains: ASEAN's Economic and Political Challenges
Site includes informative essays on the formation of ASEAN, its member countries and the challenges it faces.
http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/update_asean.html

History of Armenians in Singapore and Malaysia
Exerpts from the book Respected Citizens: the History of Armenians in Singapore and Malaysia by Nadia H Wright.
http://www.amassia.com.au/

History Project
Provides interesting information about Singapore?s ex-Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Toh Chin Chye.
http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/oldtown/94/Default.htm

History: Singapore
A short but comprehensive article on the history of Singapore.
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/singapore/Singapore-History.html

Murdoch University - Singaporean Cultural Studies
Consisting of a Reading List (a resource base of materials on Singapore) and a Papers section (by Communication Studies Honours year undergraduates), both sections of which may be down intermittently. Also has a number of links.
http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/asiancs/spore.htm

Operation Matador
History about the British fighting back for Malaya and Singapore from the Japanese, during World War II.
http://www.chs.edu.sg/~y02chs282

Singapore. The Socio-Economic Development Of A City State
An essay on the Socio-Economic Development of Singapore.
http://www.cranendonk.com/singapore.htm

The creation of Singapore
Single page essay on the history leading up to the creation of independent Singapore.
http://www.janhoo.com/skole/university/singapore.html

Who 2: Lee Kuan Yew
Brief biography of SM Lee; links to the history of Singapore.
http://www.who2.com/leekuanyew.html

World War Two in the Pacific
Timeline of events that happened during World War Two in Southeast Asia.
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/tline-bw.htm