PoorOldSpike
11-16-2010, 23:46
The "Malayan Emergency" (as it was called) was a guerrilla war fought between Commonwealth armed forces and the communist Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) from 1948 to 1960.
The Malayan Emergency was the colonial government's term for the conflict. The MNLA termed it the Anti-British National Liberation War. The rubber plantations and tin mining industries had pushed for the use of the term "emergency" since their losses would not have been covered by Lloyd's insurers if it had been termed a "war."
The communists were defeated in 1960.
WIKI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/malaya3.jpg
The Malayan Emergency was the colonial government's term for the conflict. The MNLA termed it the Anti-British National Liberation War. The rubber plantations and tin mining industries had pushed for the use of the term "emergency" since their losses would not have been covered by Lloyd's insurers if it had been termed a "war."
The communists were defeated in 1960.
WIKI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/malaya3.jpg