Malayan National Liberation Army

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armed wing guerrilla army

The Malayan National Liberation Army was the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party that waged a guerrilla insurgency against British colonial and Malayan government forces during the Malayan Emergency.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Malayan Communist Party armed wing	1
Maoist guerrillas	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed wing ⓘ guerrilla army ⓘ
activeDuring	Cold War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MNLA ⓘ
armedWingOf	Malayan Communist Party ⓘ
conflict	Malayan Emergency ⓘ
country	Federation of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malaya
disbanded	1989 ⓘ
endTime	1989 ⓘ
foughtIn	jungles of Malaya ⓘ
goal	establish a communist state in Malaya ⓘ
hasEthnicComposition	predominantly ethnic Chinese fighters ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage	Chinese ⓘ Malay ⓘ
headquartersLocation	jungle areas of Malaya ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
notableCommander	Abdullah CD ⓘ Chin Peng ⓘ Lai Teck ⓘ Rashid Maidin ⓘ
operationalArea	Malay Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Malayan Peninsula border areas of Malaya and Thailand ⓘ
opposedBy	British Armed Forces ⓘ British Commonwealth forces ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth forces Malaysian Army ⓘ surface form: Federation of Malaya security forces Malayan Home Guard ⓘ Royal Malayan Police ⓘ
opposedTo	British colonial rule in Malaya ⓘ Federation of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Federation of Malaya government
partOf	Malayan National Liberation Front ⓘ
partOfConflict	decolonisation of Malaya ⓘ
peaceAccordDate	1989 ⓘ
precededBy	Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army ⓘ surface form: Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
signedPeaceAccordWith	Government of Malaysia ⓘ Thai government ⓘ surface form: Government of Thailand
startTime	1948 ⓘ
status	defunct armed group ⓘ
supportedBy	Malayan Communist Party ⓘ rural Chinese squatters in Malaya ⓘ
usedPoliticalWing	Malayan Communist Party ⓘ
usedTactics	ambushes ⓘ hit-and-run attacks ⓘ sabotage ⓘ
usedWarfareStyle	guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malayan Communist Party → armedWing → Malayan National Liberation Army ⓘ

Walking with the Comrades → describes → Malayan National Liberation Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maoist guerrillas

Anti-British National Liberation War → hasParticipant → Malayan National Liberation Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malayan Communist Party armed wing

Malayan Emergency → insurgentMilitaryWing → Malayan National Liberation Army ⓘ

Malayan Emergency → mainBelligerent → Malayan National Liberation Army ⓘ