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The History Hour: The Malayan Emergency

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04/05/2019 GMT

The Malayan Emergency

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Battling a communist insurgency in the 50s, sinking the Belgrano and the "Arctic African"

Battling a communist insurgency in the 50s, sinking the Belgrano, plus coming out to millions on US TV, the African who made the Arctic his home and war poet Rupert Brooke.

Battling a communist insurgency in 1950s Malaya, the sinking of the Belgrano during the UK Argentine conflict, plus how Ellen DeGeneres came out to millions on US TV, also the African who made the Arctic his home because of his fear of snakes and the life of WW1 poet Rupert Brooke.

Photo: A photograph taken by a British sergeant on patrol in the Malayan jungle.. (Copyright:  Keystone/Getty Images)

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