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Malayan Emergency

1948 CE – 1960 CE · 12 years

A communist insurgency in British Malaya that became the textbook example of successful counterinsurgency. The British 'hearts and minds' strategy — combining military operations with political reform and resettlement — defeated the insurgents and is still studied by military planners worldwide.

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Malayan Emergency on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • British & Malayan forces
  • Malayan Communist Party

Key moments

Defining events in the Malayan Emergency.

  1. 1948 Sungai Siput ambush
  2. 1950 Briggs Plan resettlement
  3. 1953 Battle of Bekok

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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3000 BCE – still standing

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700 CE – 1950 CE

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1955 CE – 1975 CE

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Great Wall of China

700 BCE – still standing

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French Indo-China

1887 CE – 1954 CE

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Chinese Civil War

1927 CE – 1949 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ha Long Bay

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1948 CE and 1960 CE.

1950 CE Korean War 1950 CE Chinese Annexation of Tibet 1950 CE Battle of Inchon 1954 CE Battle of Dien Bien Phu 1955 CE Vietnam War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá Landmark · Americas 1954 CE – still standing Netherlands Indies Polity · Oceania 1800 CE – 1949 CE Wright Brothers Figure · United States 1867 CE – 1948 CE 1948 Arab-Israeli War Conflict · Middle East 1948 CE – 1949 CE Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida Landmark · Americas 1955 CE – still standing French West Africa Polity · Africa 1895 CE – 1958 CE
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