Last week the BBC screened the first Episode of a new series called 'Singapore 1942: End of Empire'. The second episode will be shown tonight at 9:00 pm on BBC Two Scotland. If you live in the UK and missed the first episode you can watch it on BBC iPlayer until 21 February 2012.
The first episode looks at how Japan's lightning invasion of Malaya threatened the key British port of Singapore, igniting ethnic and political tensions, and tells how Scottish soldiers were at the heart of the city's defence. The soldiers were from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and, if you ever get the chance to visit, there is a small related display in their Regimental Museum at Stirling Castle. What has this to do with 'Merdeka'?
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012
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