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The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War, (1948–1960) was a guerrilla war fought in Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya and Commonwealth (British Empire).
The British Military Administration (BMA) was the interim administrator of British Malaya from August 1945, the end of World War II, to the establishment of the Malayan Union in April 1946. The BMA was under the direct command of the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, Lord Louis Mountbatten .
1st Battalion, Malaysian Rangers; 2nd battalion, Malaysian Rangers; Royal Malaysian Navy. KD Sri Perak; KD Sri Perlis; KD Sri Selangor (K3139) KD Hang Tuah (K433) Royal Malaysian Air Force. Squadron (Alouette III) Squadron (Twin Pioneer) Royal Federation of Malayan Police. Police Special Branch; Battalion of Police Field Force; Marine Police Force
The Malaya Command was a formation of the British Army formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of British Malaya, which comprised the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States. [1] It consisted mainly of small garrison forces in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Taiping, Seremban and Singapore.
In 1957, upon the Federation of Malaya gaining independence from British colonial rule, the Division was redesignated as the 17th Gurkha Division/Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces (Malaya). [4] It was based at Lamjung Camp in Kuala Lumpur until 1966 when it moved to Seremban [5] where it remained until the Division disbanded in 1970. [6]
The Japanese had air and naval supremacy from the opening days of the campaign. For the British, Indian, Australian, and Malayan forces defending the colony, the campaign was a total disaster. The operation is notable for the Japanese use of bicycle infantry, which allowed troops to carry more equipment and swiftly move through thick jungle ...
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The British Battalion was an ad hoc formation created on 20 December 1941 during the Battle of Malaya. It was amalgamated from two regular British Army battalions. 2nd Bn, East Surrey Regiment under Lieut-Col. G E Swinton MC and; 1st Bn, The Leicestershire Regiment under Lieut-Col. Charles Esmond Morrison, OBE, MC