164. Emergency
The Allusionist
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The Malayan Government Declares the Emergency Over
Many documents relating to British colonies and their decolonization were deliberately destroyed by the British government. Like many emergencies, this one had an abrupt cataclysmic start and a long waning end. I don't think there's any kind of physical monument to this war in Britain that I've come across. The British are not usually shy to brag about their military victories, but I'd never heard about this one. Some of the work is reminding people that it happened at all worth noting.
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