Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:aftermath continued communist insurgency until 1989
independence of Malaya in 1957
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Darurat_Malaya
gptkb:Anti-British_National_Liberation_War
gptkbp:casualties over 6,700 insurgents killed
over 1,800 Commonwealth personnel killed
over 500 civilians killed
gptkbp:cause anti-colonial movement
communist insurgency
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Malayan_Communist_Party
gptkb:Malayan_National_Liberation_Army
gptkb:British_Empire
Commonwealth forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Chin_Peng
gptkb:Sir_Gerald_Templer
gptkb:Sir_Harold_Briggs
gptkb:Sir_Robert_Thompson
gptkb:Sir_Henry_Gurney
gptkbp:endDate 1960
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Malaya
gptkbp:notableFor use of jungle warfare
resettlement of rural population
counter-insurgency tactics
introduction of 'hearts and minds' strategy
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Malayan_Communist_Party
gptkbp:partOf decolonization of Asia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Indonesian_National_Revolution
Malayan independence
gptkbp:result Commonwealth victory
insurgency suppressed
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Baling_Talks
gptkb:Briggs_Plan
gptkb:Batang_Kali_massacre
gptkbp:startDate 1948
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Second_Malayan_Emergency
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Australia
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:Gurkhas
gptkb:Malayan_government
gptkb:Fijian_forces
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Baling_Agreement
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Malaya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6