General Kim Jong Un

[Gizzyfan]

Uncle fought in Malaya. Good jungle training for what came after.

The template for how to defeat a Communist insurrection. I think that war where the term hearts and minds was coined.

 

[Rick O'Shay]

The template for how to defeat a Communist insurrection. I think that war where the term hearts and minds was coined.

True, the local Bumi's weren't that interested in Chinese communism.

Major factor also was that Malaya didn't have a border with China unlike Korea and Vietnam

 

[Gizzyfan]

True, the local Bumi's weren't that interested in Chinese communism.

Major factor also was that Malaya didn't have a border with China unlike Korea and Vietnam

Also the US were not the main protagonist, it was the Brits