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4 September – WW2: Japanese forces in Malaya surrendered to the Allies at Penang, signing Penang surrender document on HMS Nelson. 12 September – British Military Administration(BMA) was installed in Kuala Lumpur. 17 October – Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya was established. Late 1945 – Angkatan Wanita Sedar (AWAS) was established.
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. The administration had the dual function of ...
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The Fourteen Days' War (Malay: Perang 14 Hari), also known as the Parang Panjang War (Malay: Perang Parang Panjang), refers to the violent persecution by the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) of Malays and Indians who had supported the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Chinese supporters of the Kuomintang in August 1945.
Operation Tiderace was the codename of the British plan to retake Singapore following the Japanese surrender in 1945. [4] The liberation force was led by Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command. Tiderace was initiated in coordination with Operation Zipper, which involved the liberation of Malaya.
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This category concerns foreign military units in British Malaya from 1939-1945, including the Straits Settlements, Singapore, the Federated Malay States, and the Unfederated Malay States. Subcategories
Before the formation of the Malayan Union in 1946, the territories were not placed under a single unified administration, with the exception of the immediate post-war period when a British military officer became the temporary administrator of Malaya. Instead, British Malaya comprised the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, and the ...