The Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) was a communist guerrilla army that resisted the Japanese occupation of Malaya from 1941 to 1945 in World...
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guerrilla war against the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Many MNLA fighters were former members of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) which had been...
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both the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army and the Malayan National Liberation Army. The party led resistance efforts against the Japanese occupation...
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the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), a communist guerrilla army previously trained, armed and funded by the British to fight against Japan during...
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Lee Meng (category Malaysian people of Cantonese descent)
the Japanese occupation of Malaya as a member of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and later joined the Malayan National Liberation Army during...
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Chin Peng (category Malaysian people of Chinese descent)
World War, Chin fought as an anti-colonialist guerrilla in the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) against the Japanese occupation of Malaya, allying...
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Lai Teck (category Hoa people)
1901–1947) was a leader of the Communist Party of Malaya and Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army. A person of mixed Sino-Vietnamese descent, prior to his...
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was a prominent member of the Malayan Communist Party.: 109 He was a member of the Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA)'s Central Military Committee...
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The Malayan campaign, referred to by Japanese sources as the Malay Operation (馬来作戦, Maree Sakusen), was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis...
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Defenders of the Homeland (redirect from Malayan Volunteer Army)
over its ties to the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) and Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army. In his post-war autobiography, Yaacob claimed to have secretly...
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Tunku Abdul Rahman (category People of the Malayan Emergency)
the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army. On 19 August, the surrender of the Japanese Army had become common knowledge in Alor Setar. With the Japanese surrender...
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involvement in the Malayan Emergency lasted 13 years, between 1950 and 1963, with army, air force and naval units serving. The Malayan Emergency (Anti-British National...
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of numerous anti-Japanese movements that reflected the prevailing local resentment of the time. The Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) was a...
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omnipotence. The rise of the MCP-led Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) as the main resistance against the Japanese during their period of occupation...
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force was dubbed the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and began sabotage and ambushes against the Japanese. The Japanese responded with reprisals...
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R. G. Balan (category Malaysian people of Indian descent)
Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army. He worked underground in Tapah-Kampar area as a Communist Party of Malaya's Tamil publicist during the Japanese occupation...
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Rashid Maidin (category Malaysian people of Malay descent)
organised armed resistance via the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA). At the end of the Anti-Japanese war, he met Abdullah CD. After the return...
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The Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front (Malay: Barisan Sosialis Rakyat Malaya) or better known as Socialist Front (SF) or Barisan Sosialis (BS) was a left-wing...
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Abdullah CD (category Thai people of Malay descent)
Malay labour movement and was elected as the vice-president of the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions (PMFTU). Not long before the declaration of...
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resistance to the Japanese forces which conquered Malaya were organized by the Communist-formed Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army or MPAJA. The MPAJA...
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period between the Japanese Emperor's announcement and the arrival of Allied forces in Malaya, the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army focused its efforts...
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officials at Kuala Lumpur said pilots had radioed that members of the Japanese Red Army (JRA) had hijacked the plane. In 1996, while reporting about the hijacking...
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Force 136 (section Malayan Communist Party)
party's members. In isolation, the Communists formed the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA). Their first arms and equipment were either donated...
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guerrilla fighter of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army, was appointed as an Officer for his role in fighting against the Japanese occupation of Malaya...
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eradicating colonialism, establishing a united independent and democratic Malayan nation comprising the Federation of Malaya and Singapore and introducing...
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North Kalimantan Communist Party (redirect from North Kalimantan People's Army)
tactics used by the Malayan National Liberation Army during the Malayan Emergency. Meanwhile, the North Kalimantan People's Army was formed by Bong Kee...
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with the Malayan Communist Party and the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army. These led to the disbandment of KMM and establishment of the Malayan Volunteer...
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Mokhtaruddin Lasso (category Malaysian people of Malay descent)
Mokhtaruddin Lasso (1915–1951) was a Sumatran-born Malayan independent guerrilla, a former anti-Japanese rebel during World War II who later became one of...
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World War II by country (section Japan)
was occupied by Japan in 1942 through 1945. The Malayan Communist Party became the backbone of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army. [citation needed]...
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Pacific War (redirect from Japanese expansion (1941–1942))
pro-allied guerrillas in Asia included the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army, the Korean Liberation Army, the Free Thai Movement, the Việt Minh, and...
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