Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) - Every Month

Music: Barisan Gerila Malaya

[acey]

The communists never held any territory throughout the war except a liberated area in Gua Musang but had to leave it after 5 days as they were not capable enough to hold onto it and didn't have the manpower. But they did regiments based in each state which engaged in battles with security forces. You can say they pretty much had control over the jungle areas in the country. After their retreat to the Thai-Malayan border in 1958 they managed to establish many bases there and continued fighting in the jungles throughout the country until 1989.

[Amsyar_al-Alawi]

Finally this is what I've been looking for, hats off for the soldiers who died in the war and for you for making this

[aliefalyansyah]

My opinion as an indonesian I thinks it's a good thing indonesia didn't declare an all out war against britain and it's colony in malaya and borneo that indonesia belief to be their puppet state. If it happen it really can be another vietnam war since indonesia still have alot of unused weapons from the soviet and other eastern block country that originally should have been use in dutch new guinea dispute/operation trikora, but didn't since it been resolve through diplomatic effort with the new york agreement.

If the g30spki didn't happen indonesia most likely will join the war and help the communist force directly since it already did help the insurgence but only limited like by sending advisor, paratroopers, supplying weapons to the insurgence, training their guerilla army, involved in sabotage operation like The MacDonald House bombing in singapore and support several proxy war in the region some for example are Indonesia support Brunei People's Party/Partai Rakyat Brunei (PRB) and their Military North Kalimantan National Army (TNKU) in the Brunei revolt/Brunei rebellion of 1962, support both the Chinese and Malay community of Singapore in The 1964 race riots in Singapore and ofcourse there are The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation that happen at the same time on borneo when malayan insurgency still ongoing which also Indonesia support.

For additional information the The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) have more power than you probably realize at the time. It rank 5 globally in 1960.

Western new guinea dispute manage to be solved diplomatically so the many soviet and eastern bloc vehicle, planes, ship and weapons that are purchase for operation trikora are mostly still unused and brand new. Some are even used and saw action in East Timor during operation seroja/indonesia invasion of east timor in 1975, more than 10 years later.

For starters the TNI receive a 2, 5 billion dollar loan from the Soviet Union a lot of money in the 1960's and some of the most advance weapon that the soviet can offer at the time. Also keep in mind beside the soviet and eastern bloc made weapons Indonesia still have weapons and vehicle that they purchase from the western bloc before dutch new gunea dispute/operation trikora. Like how Indonesia air force become the first military outside the U.S that operate a C-130 Hercules because the U.S give 10 to Indonesia to ransom the release of Allen Pope a CIA pilot that was captured during the Permesta rebellion, from the army side they also had amx-13 tank, amx apc, amx ifv from france and alvis saracen apc, saladin apc and ferret armored car from UK which are both NATO country.

With this Indonesia even boasted to be the most powerful nation in the southern hemisphere.

Their combined arsenal during that time period consist of
54 new soviet made Warships of various types (Indonesia boast that it will use at minimum 100 ships for operation trikora). like the army this also not counting the equipment and ship that already exist before Indonesia purchase this ship from the USSR.

1 Sverdlov-class light cruiser ex-Soviet Navy Ordzhonikidze Baltic Fleet, KRI Irian-201. 8 Skoryy class Destroyer, 8 Riga-class Frigate, 6 T43-class Minesweeper, 14 Kronshtadt- class Submarine Chaser, 12 Komar-class Fast Attack Craft, 14 P-6-class Fast Attack Craft, 10 Project 191M-class Gun Boat, 1 Polnocny-class Landing Ship Tank, 3 Uda-class Replenishment Oiler, 1 Khobi-class Replenishment Oiler, 1 Atrek-class Submarine Tender, 1 Don-class Submarine Tender, 2 Tugur-class Fleet Tugs and 14 Whiskey class Submarines.

1 Squadron of AS type 4 Gannet anti-submarine aircraft, One Squadron of P-51D Mustang Hunters (40 Aircraft), One Squadron of B-25 Mitchel Bombers (25 Aircraft) and Several B-26 Invaders, One C-47 Dakota Transport Squadron, One Ground Reconnaissance Squadron with Auster and L-4J Aircraft , Multiple PBY-5A Catalina Seaplanes, One Squadron DH-115 Vampire Fighter Jets.

24 Tu-16 Badger Long-Range Bombers (Versions A and B) with KS1/AS1 Kennel anti-ship missiles, 30 MiG-15 UTIs, 70 MiG-17 attack hunting aircraft (D/PF versions), 35 MiG-19s, 26 MiG-21 Supersonic Interceptor, at least 42 Il-28 Beagle strategic bombers, 10 C-130 Hercules heavy transport aircraft, 6 Antonov AN-12B heavy transport aircraft.

Dozens of anti-aircraft missiles, S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline), MI-4 helicopters, Mi-6 helicopters.

170 PT-76 amphibious tank, 180 btr-50, 30 btr-152, 100 btr-40, unknown number of (9 still in service) PTS-10 amphibious vehicle, unknown number of (31 still in service) K-61 amphibious vehicle, unknown number of M1939 (52-K) 85mm Anti-aircraft gun, unknown number of (24 still in service) M1939 (61-K) 37mm Anti-aircraft autocannon, 75 M1938(M-30) 122 mm Howitzer, 256 S-60 57 mm anti-aircraft gun.

For information on how close to an all out war we are almost had. During the indonesia-malaysia confrontation they have it's own equivalent of The Gulf of Tonkin incident that lead to the Vietnam war in our case it is the Sunda Straits Crisis, the crisis involved a British carrier strike group consist of 1 aircraft carrier, 3 destroyers, 2 frigates going against the full strength of the Indonesian Air Force plus a number of light surface vessels and submarines from the Indonesian navy.

[amininamin]

Continue 2nd Malayan Emergency 1968-1989

[kays]

My mom still not been there to communist