My Journal Brigadier general Carl Jamison

By Doe Min JunErnest Ng

Instructions• Use your mouse only. Do not use

the “enter” or “space bar”. Click on relevant hyperlinks, and do not give up!

• Keep you and your troops alive till the end! Try your best!

BEGINYou are Brigadier general Carl Jamison. You control a brigade (4 battalions) [4000soldiers] in defending Singapore against the Japanese. Lead them well in the war.

Story…• Japanese planes bombed Malaya and

Singapore (Tengah and Seletar airfields, city area and the old airport at Kallang)

-8 Dec 1941• Those Jap bastards sunk our only

warships in Southeast Asia, Prince of Wales and Repulse. We are screwed.

-10 Dec 1941

Story…• Finally. A break. The Japs have

already captured a huge part of Malaya. We are wasting precious resources running from them. Only if we could do something about it……

-6 JAN 1942.

MAKE YOUR CHOICE• The Japanese advance. At slim river, an epic battle

is about to take place. You not only control your brigade, you also command2000 Gurkhas. You:

send out the Gurkhas and let your troop provide cover fire ORuse half your troop to provide a distraction while the Gurkhas and the other half of your troop flank the japs from both sides ORabandon the Gurkhas and run away with your brigade, shooting weakly

Result.

• The Gurkhas fought bravely. There was a huge bloodshed. Their outdated rifles were no use against the Japanese tanks. Soon, we joined in the battle as well. We put up a good fight but were effectively slaughtered. Some of us, including me, were kept barely kept alive and were tortured. Then, we were all killed.

YOU FAILED![CLICK THIS]

NOOB!

result.

• A small victory, at least. We did lose, and run, but we did a huge dent on their numbers. Sadly, the Gurkhas could have been put to much better use. Their outdated rifles were ineffective against Japanese tanks. [Roughly 3000 men left. About 4000 Japanese estimated to be taken out by my men.] Now, we have to run.

-17 Jan 1942.

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MAKE YOUR CHOICE• “They cannot have tanks, they said”–

“We have tactical advantage!” they said! The British are once again, wrong about the Japanese. You do not have much time to flee. You instructed your troops to choose…

< food / Ammunition / map >

RESULT

• led my troop down the dangerous jungles, away from the coastline where the japs probably were. Luckily, we had enough food to eat. We arrived at Johor safely, but had to fee again to Singapore-29 Jan 1942.

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Result

• led my troop down the dangerous jungles, away from the coastline where the japs probably were. Luckily, we had enough ammunition to keep ourselves safe. We easily arrived at Johor but had to run away to Singapore at 29 Jan 1942. I hope that our fortress is really “impregnable”.

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RESULT…

• MAP: led my troop down the dangerous jungles, away from the coastline where the japs probably were. In rained, and all our maps were drenched. Then, we were found by Japanese soldiers. We put up a fight but were effectively slaughtered. Some of us, including me, were kept barely kept alive and were tortured.

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Story…• We blew up the causeway.• The Japanese set up their headquarters

at the Sultan of Johor’s palace. We could never fire there as it belonged to our ‘friend’ (sultan of johor). How could we ever do that?

• Meanwhile, they also began to bomb Singapore daily.

-31 Jan 1942

MAKE YOUR CHOICE• The British just received information

that the Japanese have sent a force to attack Pulau Ubin! You…

Bring your troop to go and help stop them! ORVolunteer to stay and defend the area!

7 Feb 1942- 8 Feb 1942

Story & Result

• Many of the British went all the way to Pulau Ubin to stop the Japanese.

• We went to Pulau Ubin, only to find that there were so few Japanese! We had been tricked. At least we were still alive!

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Story & Result

• Many of the British went all the way to Pulau Ubin to stop the Japanese.

• We stayed to guard our temporary camp. A while later, large numbers of Japanese swarmed in and slaughtered us. Some of us were tortured for a while, then killed as well.

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Story…• Miscommunication from Percival

allowed us to lose more land and supplies. The Japanese captured our reservoirs, and Percival decided to surrender to them. I knew this could not happen…

MAKE YOUR CHOICE!• Do you…

Organize a small team to perform a guerilla raid on japan before Percival surrenders?

Give Up?

Result

• The Japanese spot your team and kills off every single one of you. The British still surrender to Japan. Your effort was in vain

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Remember, you have to keep Jamison alive.

Result

• You gave up, but it was the right thing to do. How would you have known that the Japanese were also short on supplies AND men? You went with Lieutenant-General Percival to the Old Ford Factory and surrendered.

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YOU WIN!• Although this was not the best ending that could have been, it was the right one! You kept yourself and troops alive until the end, AND stuck to the historical truth!