Malayan Emergency

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:aftermath continued communist insurgency until 1989
independence of Malaya in 1957
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Darurat_Malaya
gptkb:The_Emergency
gptkbp:casualties over 1,800 Commonwealth forces killed
over 2,400 civilians killed
over 6,700 insurgents killed
gptkbp:cause anti-colonial movement
communist insurgency
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Malayan_Communist_Party
gptkb:Malayan_National_Liberation_Army
gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Federation_of_Malaya
Commonwealth forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Chin_Peng
gptkb:Sir_Gerald_Templer
gptkbp:endDate 1960-07-31
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Emergency_Regulations_Ordinance_1948
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Malayan Emergency
gptkbp:location gptkb:Malaya
gptkbp:mediaCoverage heavily censored press
gptkbp:notableFor counterinsurgency tactics
hearts and minds campaign
use of jungle warfare
gptkbp:partOf decolonization of Asia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Indonesian–Malaysian_confrontation
gptkb:Second_Malayan_Emergency
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:result Commonwealth victory
independence of Malaya
insurgency suppressed
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Baling_Talks
gptkb:Briggs_Plan
resettlement of Chinese population
gptkbp:startDate 1948-06-16
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4