Authors: Tim Harper,Christopher Bayly
Japanese troops clearing the Singapore Padang before the surrender ceremony, 12 September 1945
Lt General Seishiro Itagaki signing the surrender, Singapore, 12 September 1945
Mountbatten announces the surrender of the Japanese in Singapore, September 1945
A forgotten army: surrendered Japanese in north Malaya, November 1945
Seagrave’s return, 1945
Leclerc and Gracey with Japanese sword of surrender, Saigon, 1945
Soldiers of the Parachute Regiment, Java, 1945
Bengal sappers and miners watch the reprisal burning of the village of Bekassi, Java, 1945
Imperialism’s return? Christison in Java, 1946
Sukarno addresses an ‘ocean’ rally, Java, 1946
Charisma and revolution: Sukarno, Java, 1946
Nehru’s arrival at Kallang Airport, Singapore, April 1946
Macdonald inspects the Malay Regiment, Kuala Lumpur, 1946
Dorman Smith leaves Burma, June 1946