War and Conflict

     When the British and the Japanese fought over Singapore, many unpredicted events took place. First of all, a bunch of Indians joined the Japanese even though they were in league with the British. then, the British were so confident, but they lost many battles in Singapore. Then, the Japanese joined the Nazis. Finally, the British actually lost to the Japanese. This marked the beginning of the end of the British Empire.

Painting the Clouds With Sunshine is a song that obviously trying to cheer people up and get their minds off of the war. The tune cheers everyone up and makes them want to dane. The phrase ‘Painting the Clouds With Sunshine’ always comes up, and this illustrates the fact that the singer is trying to wipe away his fears of the war and focus on the bright side of everything. This upbeat song must be used for laughter, comedy, and joy. This song tries to hide the horrors of war.

Painting the Clouds With Sunshine

     We watched the same documentary again and we discovered that when the Japanese took over Singapore, it was because they sneaked up on the British. They had bombed two aircraft carriers and sneak attacked the British at the Sentosa Beach (We're not really sure which beach they attacked). That was how the end of the British Empire began.

     My group was at the Primary sources station and we discovered that one of the newspapers was made at the beginning of WWII, and most of the major events in the newspaper were about the Nazis' victories on bombing England. Even though most events were tragic, most of the people were smiling at the camera. This portrays that people should persevere through tough times. We noticed that the perspective of this newspaper was from the British. If it was in the Germans perspective, the newspaper would be full of victories.


     My group was at the Write Around station. We noticed that most of the propaganda was in the British/American perspectives, and only some were from Japan. Another thing we noticed was that the Americans were abusing the Japanese.