Fall of Singapore: Britain's Worst Military Defeat?
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What Was the Impact of the Fall of Singapore and Melaa on the Allied War?
Malcolm: I don't think it was something that was going to lead to a major disaster for the british. The americans believed, as jurghell said, after Perl harbo was the first night hehad slept well for a long time. And so do we think that this sows the seeds for the malayan emergency that really starts to erupt from 19 forty eight and lasts through to the sixties? Well, the malayanme is another thing altogethera deals, of course, with e whole element of communism in malai. We will get you back on to talk about the malay an emergency,. It's one that we haven't covered, and we definitely
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