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The Malayan Emergency and Concentration Camps
52:58 - 57:28 (04:30)
The Malayan Emergency saw the use of concentration camps that actually worked for the people inside them. Most of the communist forces were Chinese, and they were supported by ethnic Chinese squatters who lived outside the main Malayan cities.
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The inspiration for the Strategic Hamlet Program came from the British response to the Malayan emergency.
52:58 - 54:44 (01:46)
Summary
The inspiration for the Strategic Hamlet Program came from the British response to the Malayan emergency. In 1961, when the program started, only 70 families voluntarily relocated while 135 families were forced out of their homes.
ChapterThe Malayan Emergency and Concentration Camps
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PodcastBehind the Bastards
The Malayan Emergency was a communist uprising that resulted from bad British policies post-World War II.
54:44 - 56:22 (01:37)
Summary
The Malayan Emergency was a communist uprising that resulted from bad British policies post-World War II. The British deployed concentration camps that ended up working well for all, including those inside, and helped to bring the conflict to a peaceful end.
ChapterThe Malayan Emergency and Concentration Camps
EpisodeConcentration Camps Are Back, So Let's Talk About Their History
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Lieutenant General Harold Briggs came up with a plan to build fortified villages and move around 400,000 squatters into them to eliminate the Chinese insurgency in Malaya.
56:22 - 57:28 (01:06)
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Lieutenant General Harold Briggs came up with a plan to build fortified villages and move around 400,000 squatters into them to eliminate the Chinese insurgency in Malaya. The move made the squatters landowners and invested them in Malaya as a community, which led to the end of the insurgency.