Event anniversary

Malayan Emergency

Took place on June 16, 1948

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The 79th anniversary falls on June 16, 2027, in 235 days.

The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War, (1948–1960) was a guerrilla war fought in Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya and the Commonwealth (British Empire).

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