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Episode 1

In 1941, the Japanese Imperial Army invades Malaya. The battle hardened Japanese forces quickly push Commonwealth troops – English, Indians, Australians, Scots, Chinese and Malays – south towards the key British trading port of Singapore. General Yamashita prepares to assault the so-called ‘impregnable fortress’ igniting already simmering ethnic and political tensions in the colony. Australia, for the first time, finds itself directly threatened.

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  • Originally Aired February 7, 2012
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Production Code b01bzxtc
  • Network BBC Two
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