Operation Firedog
| Malayan Emergency Darurat Malaya 馬來亞緊急狀態 |
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| Part of the decolonisation of Asia and the Cold War | |||||||||
 Australian Avro Lincoln bomber dropping 500lb bombs on communist rebels in the Malayan jungle (c. 1950) |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Capitalist forces:
 Thailand (Thai-Malaysian border) |
Communist forces:  People's Republic of China Viet Minh(−1954) North Vietnam (1954–) Soviet Union Indonesia
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Bhumibol Adulyadej Plaek Phibunsongkhram (until 1958) Thanom Kittikachorn (1958) Sarit Thanarat (from 1958) |
 Chin Peng Abdullah CD Rashid Maidin Shamsiah Fakeh S. A. Ganapathy † Lau Yew † Yeung Kwo Lau Lee |
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| Strength | |||||||||
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250,000 Malayan Home Guard (Malayan Regiment) troops 37,000 Special Constables 24,000 Federation Police |
Up to 150,000 Min Yuen (30,000 to 40,000 likely) *
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Killed: 1,346 Malayan troops and police 519 British military personnel Wounded: 2,406 Malayan and British troops/police |
Killed: 6,710 Wounded: 1,289 Captured: 1,287 Surrendered: 2,702 |
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| Civilian casualties: 2,478 killed, 810 missing | |||||||||
British/Commonwealth victory
Capitalist forces:
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Supported by:
United States
Communist forces: Malayan Communist Party
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