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  1. The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War (1948–1960), was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya, British Empire and Commonwealth. The communists fought to win ...

    • 16 June 1948 – 31 July 1960, (12 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 1 day)
  2. Spaces of the Malayan Emergency is a digital map created as part of the ERC-funded COTCA Project. It is an interactive map of British Malaya in the 1950s, and is the first such map to ever be compiled using data related to the spatial dynamics of the Emergency and its related resettlement policies.

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  4. Apr 12, 2024 · Date: 1945 - 1960. Location: Malaysia. Malayan Emergency, (1948–60), period of unrest following the creation of the Federation of Malaya (precursor of Malaysia) in 1948. After World War II the Federation of Malaya was formed through the unification of several former British territories, including Sabah and Sarawak.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. The Malayan Emergency (1948-60) was one of the few successful counter-insurgency operations undertaken by the Western powers during the Cold War. It saw British and Commonwealth forces defeat a communist revolt in Malaya.

  6. Oct 15, 2023 · The Malayan Emergency, lasting from 1948 to 1960, saw the British employ modern counter-insurgency tactics, masterminded by Lt.-Gen Sir Gerald Templer, against the MCP. While the conflict saw its share of atrocities, such as the Batang Kali massacre, the British strategy of isolating the MCP from its support base, coupled with economic and ...

  7. A Short Guide. To The Malayan Emergency. In June 1948 a state of emergency was declared in Malaya, South East Asia, after the murder of three rubber planters by the Malayan Races’ Liberation Army (MRLA), a guerrilla army pursuing an independent Malaya.

  8. Australians at war. Malayan Emergency. On the morning of 16 June 1948 three European estate managers were murdered in two separate incidents in the Malaysian state of Perak by members of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP).

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