The Malayan Emergency by Mark Forsdike
From 1948 through the 1950s British and Commonwealth forces fought a ruthless communist insurgency on the Malay peninsula. Thanks to sound generalship and the dedication and resilience of the officers and men, the security forces eventually broke the terrorists' resolve. 1st Battalion The Suffolk Regiment was just one of many British units involved in this successful campaign, known as the Malayan Emergency. Their tour between 1949 and 1953 coincided with the most crucial years when the future of the country and, arguably, the South East Asia region lay in the balance. As this book describes in words and superb contemporary images how the Battalion, the majority of whom were National Servicemen, operated under the most demanding jungle and climatic conditions, earning itself an enviable reputation. The Battalion's experiences are well recorded here and typify those of tens of thousand servicemen whose efforts secured a unique victory.-
The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940-1943
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Normandy 1944: The Battle for Caen
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The Waffen SS Ardennes Offensive
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The Eighth Army in North Africa
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Himmler's Death Squad - Einsatzgruppen in Action, 1939-1944
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The Waffen SS at Arnhem
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Siege of Malta 1940-42
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Wingate's Men
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Dunkirk Evacuation - Operation Dynamo
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Monte Cassino: Amoured Forces in the Battle for the Gustav Line
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The Battle for Arnhem 1944-1945
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The Americans on D-Day and in Normandy
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FV430 Series
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The Desert Air War 1940-1943
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M29 Weasel Tracked Cargo Carrier & Variants
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M65 Atomic Cannon
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Hermann Goring: The Rise and Fall
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German Self-propelled Artillery at War 1940 1945
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The Italian Campaign, 1943 1945
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The Warsaw Uprisings, 1943-1944
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Saipan 1944
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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US Marine Corps in the Second World War
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German Reconnaissance and Support Vehicles 1939-1945
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Montgomery's Rhine River Crossing: Operation PLUNDER
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6th SS Mountain Division Nord at War 1941-1945
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The Fall of Berlin
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Tank Wrecks of the Western Front 1940-1945
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M36/M36B1 Tank Destroyer
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The Battle of Okinawa 1945
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The Battle for Burma, 1942-1945
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The Vought F4U Corsair
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M7 Priest
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M12 Gun Motor Carriage
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Normandy 1944: The Battle of the Hedgerows
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The Battle for Warsaw, 1939-1945
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Rommel's Ghost Division: Victory in the West
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US Naval Aviation, 1945 2003
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Operation Nordwind
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Narvik and the Norwegian Campaign 1940
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Red Army Auxiliary Armoured Vehicles, 1930-1945
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Operation Hoss
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Heydrich: Butcher of Prague
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Panzergrenadiers 1942-1945
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The Battle of Tinian
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The Ghettos of Nazi-Occupied Poland
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Nazi Concentration Camp Overseers
Mark Forsdike has strong links with the Suffolk Regiment. His grandfather served with the 4th Battalion in the Second World War spending three and a half years as a Japanese prisoner of war. Mark is proud to be an honorary member of the Old Comrades Association, Standard Bearer of the Ipswich Branch, a volunteer at the Regimental Museum and administrator of theg He is the author of Fighting Through to Hitler's Germany - Personal Accounts of the Men of 1 Suffolk, 1944 - 1945 (Pen and Sword Military, 2020)
An engineer by profession, he lives in Ipswich with his wife and two children.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781399082242 |
| ISBN 10 | 1399082248 |
| Title | The Malayan Emergency |
| Author | Mark Forsdike |
| Series | Images Of War |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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