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Straits Settlements
former group of British territories located in the Far East, with its capital in Singapore
Malayan campaign
1941–1942 World War II military campaign
Straits dollar
currency
Battle of Kota Bharu
WWII battle on 8 December, 1941
Richard James Wilkinson
British colonial governor (1867-1941)
Japanese government-issued dollar in South-East Asia (1942–1945)
Currency issued by Imperial Japan during the Japanese occupation of Singapore, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Brunei between 1942 and 1945
Singapore in the Straits Settlements
period of Singapore History
Straits Settlement of Malacca
former British Crown colony
Crown Colony of Penang
a British Crown colony from 1946 to 1957