CNA938 Rewind - Brothers in Arms - Honouring the WW2 Battalions of the Malay Regiment

In ‘Culture Club’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Stuart Lloyd, author of “The Malay Experiment: The Colonial Origins and Homegrown Heroism of the Malay Regiment”. Lloyd will talk about how the book tells the extraordinary story of a small experimental unit of Malay soldiers who became a proud professional regiment — with its defining moment being the Battle for Singapore in February 1942. He’ll also explain how the book commemorates the bravery of men like Lieutenant Adnan Saidi, who held back Japanese forces in one of the most dramatic moments in Singapore’s wartime history.