This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1939, together with births and deaths of prominent...
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The 1st Malaya Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade formed in 1939 with its headquarters in Singapore immediately after the outbreak of hostilities...
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Malayan campaign (redirect from Invasion of Malaya)
Maree Sakusen), was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya, from 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 during the Second World War....
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Federated Malay States (redirect from Malaya, Federated States)
sterling pence in 1906. In 1939, the British government introduced a new currency, the Malayan dollar (ringgit in Malay) for used in Malaya and Brunei replacing...
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University of Malaya (Malay: Universiti Malaya; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur...
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1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX)...
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HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. Shortly after commissioning in early 1916, she...
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This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1938, together with births and deaths of prominent...
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Invasion of Poland (redirect from Polish September Campaign 1939)
Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland...
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Japanese remained in occupation until their surrender to the Allies in 1945. The first Japanese garrison in Malaya to lay down their arms was in Penang on 2...
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Malaya Berestavitsa massacre (Polish: Zbrodnia w Brzostowicy Małej , Belarusian: Злачынства ў Малой Бераставіцы) happened in middle of September 1939...
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Prime Minister of Malaysia (redirect from Prime Minister of Malaya)
seats in a general election. After the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, Tunku Abdul Rahman, the chief minister of the Federation of Malaya, became...
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Malayan Communist Party (redirect from Communist Party of Malaya)
the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), was a Marxist–Leninist and anti-imperialist communist party which was active in British Malaya and later, the modern...
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Malayan dollar (category 1939 establishments in British Malaya)
currency of the British colonies and protectorates in Malaya and Brunei until 1953. It was introduced in 1939, replacing the Straits dollar at par, with 1 dollar...
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The Malaya Command was a formation of the British Army formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of British Malaya, which comprised the...
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livestock. The British even used sea mines from the battleship HMS Malaya to destroy houses. In addition to actions against property, a large amount of brutality...
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Malaysia Cup (redirect from Malaya Cup)
formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite...
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World War II (redirect from World War, 1939-1945)
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers...
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The First Battle of Changsha (17 September 1939 – 6 October 1939; Chinese: 第一次長沙會戰) was the first of four attempts by Japan to take the city of Changsha...
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Ford's market share in British Malaya peaked at 80% in 1939. In April 1941, Ford Malaya moved operations to their all-new assembly plant in Bukit Timah, Singapore...
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The 1939–1940 Winter Offensive (Chinese: 冬季攻勢) was one of the major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during...
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Singapore Naval Base (redirect from Flag Officer, Malaya)
Advertiser. Singapore. 2 August 1939. p. 3. ""S'pore itself match for anybody" Rear-Admiral Drew says goodbye to Malaya". Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 2 September...
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As a result of the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers became prisoners of war. Many of them were executed; 22...
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Unfederated Malay States (redirect from Northern Malaya)
the Malayan Union. In 1948, the Malayan Union was reconstituted as a federation of eleven states known as the Federation of Malaya. Nine of the states...
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Indomalayan genus of grass skippers. Zela cowani Evans, [1939] Peninsula Malaya Zela elioti Evans, [1939] Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman Zela excellens...
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Narayan Iyengar (category All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English)
Together they operated a gramophone record store in Madras in 1932. On 2 October 1939, the Malaya Tribune wrote: "The highest flights of ecstasy to which...
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23.917°E / 53.267; 23.917 Malaya Byerastavitsa (Belarusian: Малая Бераставіца; Russian: Малая Берестовица, romanized: Malaya Berestovitsa; Polish: Brzostowica...
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Fall of Singapore (category British Malaya in World War II)
Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1. Keogh, Eustace (1962). Malaya 1941–42. Melbourne:...
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Winter War (redirect from The invasion of Finland in 1939)
Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half...
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fascist client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945 in Central Europe. The Slovak part of Czechoslovakia declared independence...
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