Singapore, every so briefly, was a part of Malaysia until it was kicked out in 1965. Since it's one of the very few nations in history that this has happened to, the question is why? Find out in this short and simple animated documentary. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tenminhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: null Special Thanks to the following Patrons for their support on Patreon: Alen Kevin Sanders Chris Fatta Richard Wolfe Stefan Møller Ian Jensen D. Mahlik anon sharpie660 Andrew Niedbala Qi Xiao Wolf Ariadni Voulgari John Garcia Mitchell Wildoer Paul McGee Nathan Perlman Bernardo Santos Christopher Godfrey Perry Gagne Shaun Pullin Danny Ansteht James Castañeda Sam Chris Hall August Block Henry Rabung Joooooshhhhh Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Vesko Dinev Yasin Ayas Troy Schmidt Mitchell Watene hamid kadiwala Blake Dryad Adam Barrett I’m Not In The Description Lachlan Haydn Noble FuzzytheFair Liam Gilleece Byzans_Scotorius Jeffrey Schneider Sources: Malaysia-Singapore Relations: Crisis of Adjustment, 1965-68 by Lau Teik Soon Malaysia and Singapore: Agreement on Separation and Independence of Singapore (The actual independence document, translated into English). Singapore in Malaysia: The Politics of Federation by Michael Leifer