![]() ![]() ![]() Leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) Chin Peng and his allies fled into the jungles and formed the MNLA to wage a war for national liberation against British colonial rule. The war began on 17 June 1948, after Britain declared a state of emergency in Malaya following attacks on plantations, which in turn were revenge attacks for the killing of left-wing activists. The term "Emergency" was used by the British to characterise the conflict in order to avoid referring to it as a war, because London-based insurers would not pay out in instances of civil wars. The communists fought to win independence for Malaya from the British Empire and to establish a socialist economy, while the Malayan Federation and Commonwealth forces fought to combat communism and protect British economic and colonial interests. 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. North Borneo dispute ( Philippine militant attacks) Unknown number of Min Yuen civilian supporters. ![]() + Several hundred former Japanese troops.Unknown number of Iban (Dayak) headhunters.250,000 Malayan Home Guard (Malayan Regiment) troops.Conflict resolved through the Peace Agreement of Hat Yai (1989).CPM retreats to the Malayan-Thai border.Independence of the Federation of Malaya on 31 August 1957. ![]()
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