Malayan Emergency
1948–1960 · Event
Britain fights a long counter-insurgency against communist guerrillas in Malaya, a model later studied for the Vietnam War.
On these timelines: Southeast Asia, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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Around 1948
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