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, British Empire, United Kingdom (combined)
More from Southeast Asia
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Angkor Wat built (1113)
- Majapahit Empire (1293)
- Srivijaya Empire (650)
- Khmer Rouge regime (1975)
- Sultanate of Malacca founded (1400)
- Indonesian National Revolution (1945)
- Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954)
Around 1948
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Apartheid (1948)
- World War II (1939)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)