Was This Britain's Vietnam War? - The Malayan Emergency
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As a Malaysian, thank you with picking up Malayan Emergency.
In Malaysian history (from what I had been taught), Malayan Emergency is a successful story of UK's counter-insurgency operation that key element is to win the heart and mind of local population because local population understood what they are fighting for. Unfortunately it always being made comparison with US's fiasco in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
@@sonofwar6206 well yes originally Malayan people are in support of communism until communist guerillas start murdering population indiscriminately. That’s a rude awaking for Malayan people to join British cause.
These wars all depend on if you can get the support of the people or not. The Korean War for America was successful as the US managed to defend South Korea against the communist North Korean/Chinese/Soviet invasion in the 1950s and the US/South Korean forces stopped a second communist invasion in the 1960s. That is because the USA had the support of the South Korean people. Similar happened in West Germany, the US allied West Germany did so economically well that they incorporated in the communist puppet state of West Germany. Vietnam and Afghanistan remain the only 2 lost wars in US history our of the 93 wars we have fought due to the failure to gain the support of the people.
@@sonofwar6206 Said by Commies scum who is using Internet which is a product of capitalism
@@cakeyummy6608 Hardly true. Both Afganis and South Vietnamese were in support of democracies in the region, the only difference is that the people back home never cared for war, so the US pulled back. One of the reasons why South Vietnam fought on 5 years after the US pulled back
@@sonofwar6206 Glad my people successfully defeat you commies, don't want my people to be end up like Cambodians and Uyghurs.
My grandfather David Brightman served in the British forces during the Malayan Emergency. Initially he went there with his wife Angela ( my grandmother ) as a rubber plantation farmer. As such both my father and uncle were born in Malaya ( Malaysia ). My grandfather was a brave, humble, selfless, kind man who will always be a hero to me and my family. He didn't speak much of the war apart from a few important details and always liked the Malayan people. Afterwards they emigrated to Rhodesia ( now Zimbabwe ) where we as a family have lived ever since. ( As a fun fact many Rhodesians served in the Malayan Emergency. ) RIP Grandad. You are always in our hearts.
as malaysian im sorry for you
@@sufimuhammad9442 Thank you.
@Anti-republican brazilian. Yes. But Still proud to call Zim our home, despite its troubles and the corrupt govt. Beautiful country, lots of kind, friendly people and stunning wildlife.
@@zim_christ_lion Why not stay in Malaysia? It is a beautiful country too.
@@lotrlmao1648 bro he already say the reason why he stay at Zimbabwe it because his grandpa
My grandfather fought in this war, he was a Major in the British army and met his wife during his time in Malaya.
That's kinda cool.
"Snake, do you think love can bloom on the battlefield?"
Seemed like a amazing guy!
My grandfather also fought the Malayan emergency but started in 57' (Malayan emergency started in 1948) till 60'. And again a communist insurgency in 1968-1973 (Communist insurgency ended in 89' but since my mom born in 73', he resign in 1973). Once got shot on shoulder protecting his wounded friend.
Cool
One of the Australians serving in the British and Commonwealth Forces was Harry Smith, he would later go on to serve in the Vietnam War and led D Company 6 RAR at the famous Battle of Long Tan
Glad you caught it first
I have also watched that movie on Netflix
I saw a movie review video about a recent Australian war movie about the Battle of Long Tan. It’s good, that should be in a future video on this channel.
Watch it that movie it was good 🇳🇿🇦🇺
What movie?
As a Malaysian, this was a good general overall summary of the Malayan Emergency. However, I do have to point out that the ethnic group was mainly regarded as Malay Malayan or Chinese Malayan and not Malaysian yet at that time.
The term Malaysian will only be used once gaining independence and the formation of Malaysia, in which the term Malaysian would be used to refer to the people of the country.
Into the political war including 1998 reformation coup
AKA Malaya+Singapore
Also the flag was very different back then
true@@zackunme4772
Crazy fact, in the 1960s the Philippines thought of adopting Malaysia as their country name (native Filipinos were Malays) but Malaysia adopted it first.
My grandma used to tell me stories of my grandpa serving for the British forces during the Malayan Emergency. Because he's a Chinese, the British forces will constantly ask him to spy on the communist forces for them. There's even a time where the communist found out that he's a spy, and they open fired on him. Luckily my grandpa was only wounded on the arm and he escaped. Ending his career as a spy, but began his career as a badass soldier for the British.
Ur grandma told u? Is ur grandpa still alive?
@@APersonOnCZcamsX no. I lost my grandma back in 2007. I never met my grandfather
@@mas-em4ik ohh my condolences
@@mas-em4ik well is your grandpa alive or no
@@mas-em4ik The British exploited Chinese to spy on Chinese.
Real nice, 1946 Operation Masterdom with Britain and Japan on Vietnam would be a good topic to build on to as not many know about it.
@Mr. Squide Spam
Fun fact the Vietminh were trained by many Japanese Imperial Army who numbers around 800 to 1600, they were call "Những người Việt Nam mới" - (The new Vietnamese), which usually call foreigners troop fought side by side with Vietminh. At the end of the war there are total 60000 new Vietnamese from France, Germany, Nigeria, Greek,.... China and Russia.
@@nguyensonbinh8621 yeah
Operation Masterdom is distater to Britain when they try to help France to get back the old Indochina but the end is nightmare . If Brtish join war with France or USA how many British solider will died ? Tell you over 60 thousand soilder is dead that reason why British don't go to war with Vietnam
@@davidgibson3631 the British did not brought 60 thousands soldiers to Indochina. And Operation Masterdom was a success for the British since they let the former Vichy French and Japanese soldiers to help them out. British force had fought in Jungle condition for years in Burma during ww2 and the Vietminh was not the force that will defeated the French ,yet. The Vietminh already had a very small present in the South but after OP Masterdom most of them regroup in the North. When the French return however everything change. The French decided to recruit only new soldier and purge all Vichy elements out of the military, so at the beginning of the Indochina war most French troops have no experience in Jungle warfare and not all of then have prior experience in combat save for ex-French freedom fighters and Foreign Legionaire who most of them were ex-German soldiers.
Britain’s Vietnam war was when they fought in Vietnam. At the end of World War 2 the French military had collapsed and the Americans refused to help the French in Vietnam. It was the British Empire who first landed in Vietnam and retook the colony after the Japanese surrender. It’s a relatively short window when American views towards European colonialism still outweighed the threat of communism.
So your saying the U.S didn't send money ' equipment and supplies to the French while they were fighting in vietnam?
@@jadenhiggins7167 The Americans did. It would continue with Eisenhower, Nixon as VP would even visit the region to ascertain the situation. However British soldiers were fighting in the region, and had they been given reinforcements and more time, could have defeated the Viet Minh before communism gained a foothold.
the British also recruited a lot of former Imperial Japanese soldiers to bolster their ranks and quelling the vietnamese insurgency. The Japanese having fought 4 years in Vietnam were quite useful and played as an effective asset throughout the occupation
And it was going very successfully then the French happened
But the Nazis trying to destroy a Muslim majority
If I remembered well, the British taught the Malayan forces how to handle new weapons and formed multiple special forces and in turn, the Malayan forces taught the British how to live more comfortably in the jungle and jungle battle tactics.
SAS, the best friend of all militaries 💪
Senoi Praaq unit (tribal people's) and VAT 69 (police commandos). Senoi Praaq like using tradisional weapon and be named as silent killer by CIA
@@cucuawe465 A aboriginal (Orang Asli) policemen or soldier
The British even imported Iban natives from Sarawak to serve as tracker in many jungle operations. These Ibans were very adapt with their senses in jungle, looking for signs of enemies/danger.
@@khairulhelmihashim2510 Same with Imperial Japanese hiring Taiwanese natives for jungle warfare.
I remember studying Harold Wilson's premiership, and one of the reasons why the US was so keen to get Britain involved in Vietnam was as they had experience and success in fighting guerillas in Malaya
@generikuser got 10 times as many likes as well 😂😂
@@Combatwombat-sn7ng atleast you have the moral highground🙂
@generikuser He deserves to be ripped off for having such unoriginal name. I think I used that name in counterstrike when I was a little kid.
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America screwed us over Suez , so we never joined the party , only time we ever said no , wished we had said the same in Bosnia, Iraq , Afghanistan and Libya , all this achieved was unnecessary deaths and our country being invaded.
It wasn’t Britain’s Vietnam War. Britain actually won.
sadly
@@onlyhereformoney175 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Britain's Vietnam war is just the American Revolutionary war lol
They win the conflict, but lose the colony. In order to get the population's support in the war against communism, they had to promise independence for Malaya.
@@HWDragonborn but America lost the conflict in Vietnam and then the country also fell, at least in Britains case although the colony was lost the government was a friendly nation
My grandfather, a Malaysian Artillery Colonel, was young and served at the tail-end of the war. He said that he used to coordinate artillery strikes on Communist positions via helicopter. Couldn't be prouder
Chad
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Chad grandfather fighting communism 😎
Not even communists like communists!
Source: stalin's purges
@@uncleho1945 wha-what do you mean?
As a Malaysian, I remembered how my dad said throughout the 50's, we suffered against the commies but the British helped us and we won.
There was even a movie based off the Emergency.
Wow didn't expect to see you here too outside WoTB CZcams
What is the name of the movie if you don't mind me asking?
@@thatfishbreeder I think it's Bravo Lima
@@y5fireflyschannel384 Aren't Bravo Lima is about Malaysian Second Emergency which occurred on 1968 untill 1989,about Communist Insurgency in Malaysia
@@thatfishbreeder probably is a movie called Bukit Kepong..
Well made with minor inaccuracies. The ethnic natives were Malay not Malaysians. We don't use the word Malaysian until after 1963 when we incorporated Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia. The Malayan emergency also became a major catalyst to our nation getting its independence in 1957. On top of that the CPM continued its presence in Malaya then Malaysia up until 1989 although quite diminished when the party finally lay down its arms and surrendered unconditionally.
I hope they correct that mistske if the decide to make a part 2 for the second emergency. You're right that it was less intense but the fear was still around for more than a decade and the second one both sides had less foreign aid.
@@pendekarmando1096 agree
But a political war in Malaysia
Must have been scary living in the Penissular knowing that some angry commie not getting his nasi lemak wanna rob you.
@@pendekarmando1096 my mother was part of the information ministry and she was a front liner who went to communist infested areas surrounded by the army and police personnels to anti-communist play propaganda films in rural communities. She would describe her experience being a non-combatant in the front lines and being not too far away from the jungle skirmishes in a roadside warung drinking coffee with her colleagues while listening to gunfire at the background.
As a Malaysian, YES! While it wasn’t as intense ACTUAL Vietnam, the Communist opposition were for the most part, scary to many of us. Rations were frequent even in Borneo where my family saw less action, but still generally would suck.
Sure, we’d love to speak all day about colonization and lasting effects of the separation of races via the class system, but without the Brits aiding us we’d surely be done for.
Finally another Malaysian
Malaysian guys i want to ask if indonesia did declare an open war during the konfrontasi and help the commmunist force will it be as intense as the vietnam war?
My opinion as an indonesian I thinks it's a good thing indonesia didn't declare an all out war against britain and malaysia. 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 used in dutch new guinea dispute 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 since it already did, tho only limited like by sending advisor, paratroopers, supplying weapons to the insurgence, training their guerilla army , also involved in sabotage operation like The MacDonald House bombing.
the TNI have more power than you probably realize at the time.
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. Heck some even used in operation seroja 10 years later.
For starter the TNI receive a 2,5 billion dollar loan from the ussr 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 become the first country 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, also amx-13 tank, amx apc vehicle 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 powerfull country in the southern hemisphere.
Their arsenal consist of
54 new soviet made Warships of various types (indonesia boast that it will use at minimum 100 ships for operation trikora).
1 Sverdlov-class light cruiser ex-Soviet Navy Ordzonikidze 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 vechile , unknown number of (31 still in service) K-61 amphibious vechile, uknown number of M1939 (52-K) 85mm Anti-aircraft gun, uknown 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 which 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.
Economically indonesia can't win a prolong war unless the soviet and china is willing to help like what they did to north vietnam. But using all that weapon Indonesia can cearly put a massive damage to british lead forces in malaysia with an all out short but precise strike. If it want an all out war it can be another vietnam war.
@@aliefalyansyah5996 A several weapons we capture by the Indonesian armies
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 yeah i read that in a museum about dwikora but it's not from the indonesian army it's mainly from paratroopers of pro indonesia militant and anti colonial volunteers.
@@aliefalyansyah5996 that number is enough to crush Malaysia and Singapore, as Malaysian military and police were small at that time (due to after independence) but Indonesia didnt dare to commit open war as UK, Australia threatens back Indonesia with Nuclear weapon if indonesia did so
As a Thai dude, thank you for talking about the Malayan Emergency.
Thailand had actually supported the Commonwealth against the Communists.
I hope Simple History should make a video about the Communist Insurgency of Thailand.
Please upload about the Battle of Bukit Kepong in 1950
Remaining communist members flee and live in Thailand till this day
Most of communist remnants seek refuge in thailand tho. Chin peng and cpm. Pol pot too
Still tried to invade the commonwealth with the axis a few years before though....
@@matthummel8306 Plus, Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara also visit Thailand too.
The only time, shock and awe wasn't used to defeat insurgency. But used jungle tactics, and isolation of people and supplies from communists. Made the British along with Malaysians won the conflict. That's pretty cool.
But, of course, above all, hearts and minds for the people, won the conflict.
Vietnam, like during the Korean conflict, was split between north and south. Both sides of the country had their own separate government.
It made more sense back in the day to be more conventional, since anyone on the north side was considered the enemy and it made sense to cripple their infrastructure. It was also difficult to win the hearts of minds of the north since they already devoted to the Communist idea.
The Hearts and Minds program the US attempted was just to prevent the South Vietnamese from being sympathetic to the Viet Cong, the civilians of South Vietnam would let the Viet Cong hide in the forests and countryside. It was already hard enough for the south, conducting the Hearts and Minds would've been useless on the north.
My uncle served there and he said they used to go deep into the jungle for weeks at a time finding trails being used by insurgents and they would lie in wait to ambush any supply lines. This proved very successful.
@@pincermovement72does your uncle serve in Vietnam war too?
I find it weird that this video is about Malaysian history yet very few Malaysians are here. That being said, I'm severely thankful for this video, thanks for showing the world about a piece of Malaysian history. Shame that not many of my fellow Malaysians actually watched this video. But to those that do, good job, you absolute G.
The thing is, it's supposed to be that way, it would be boring if there are videos mentioning Malaysia and there's only Malaysians commented. As a Malaysian I would love everyone in the world to learn it too.
SH didn't even mentioned about Tun Abdul Rahman just sitting there across Chin Ping. That Malay man was important for the independence of Malaya.
Also do you know the tragedy of Tun Onn Jaafar and Tun Fuad Stephens?
Well some Malaysians dont have interest in history and some really hate em sadly, even the basic one
But I do enjoyed it too,but not too much
Hi! A Malaysian here!
As Malaysian, I like to say thank you and RIP for those soldier who fought the communist at our country during Malayan Emergency.
🇲🇾🇳🇿🇬🇧🇦🇺🇫🇯
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@@onlyhereformoney175 wdym
@@onlyhereformoney175 W
@@drashetidfromsabahan3228 communism is good
@@onlyhereformoney175 since when
Finally, as a Malaysian, I've been waiting for this for long just to be mentioned by Simple History
Hopefully they make a video about Konfrontasi or the second emergency after that.
I agree, there was also happened at our neighbors at Brunei, Brunei Revolt happened at the same time too, i remember that on sejarah text book mentioned it too, part of the Indonesia - Malaysia Confrontation
Thank You Simple History
Interesting how both West and East got involved on each other colonies.
A lotta people were eager to just be free from any conflict. I speak as a local whose family consistently served in the British Royal Navy.
@@JAKphoenixify US citizen of Puerto Rico here, the same story repeated here during the Cold War.
While i was watching the video a ad appeared in the end but i got trolled
The Malayan Emergency did end in the 60's but unfortunately, we were still fighting the communist up til the late 80's and early 90's. My father enlisted during the 80's. Eliminating the remaining semblance of the insurgents that time
The insurgency continues until communist finally surrenders in 1989 after hat yai agreement were signed
My Grandfather served as an officer in the King's Royal Hussars during this conflict, he described an awkward encounter after stumbling across an ambush of communist insurgents saying "things got a bit hairy."
He passed away in 2010, I wish I knew more about his national service
Could you please let me know how to contact you to grab some more details to use for my paper abt Malaya Emegency ... !! thnx n adv
Britain helping the Malaysians out is pretty chill
Few other examples like Greece too
How do you mean?
I'm Malaysian and I think this is one of the most overlooked conflict in history 🤔
It doesn't fit easily into the Western "progressives" narrative, they like a simple Oppressor versus Victim story
Malaysian knowingly buries their history.
Then you see Malaysians on twitter proudly putting the commie symbol in their username. A commie symbol next to palestine flag symbol. Facepalm.
Please malaysians i beg
Except for maybe the Korean War. As an American, I have huge respect for the British for being able and willing to support our UN coalition against North Korea and China at the same time they were helping you folks. The Commies were just going buck wild in the late 40s and 50s, especially after their catastrophic 1949 takeover in China.
Not overlooked, controversial. You can read back your sejarah textbooks and see how briefly it was taught. Same goes to the 513 incident.
It's interesting that it was called an Emergency, because it would allow to those who had lost their property due to the conflict to obtain financial compensation. Also, it's interesting how one way the communists lost, was due to rewards if they brought forward their "allies" dead or alive. Still the country had to fight a second emergency from 1967 to 1989.
Including the May 13th massacre coup attempt in Malaysia
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 that... Wasn't a fun time
Yes, I was there with the Aust Rifle Coy Butterworth in 85/86
Poverty was what caused the insurgency
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 that’s a coup???
My grandfather was born in 1930 in Belfast Northern Ireland. He fought in This war, the Mau Mau uprising and was set to be sent to the Suez before the US stopped it. He left the British army in 1964.
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Chad
@@theanglo-lithuanian1768 he really was. He was also an Irish Catholic. Very important detail. After he left the army be became very disillusioned with the British nation and identity and became a vocal supporter of the IRA. He along side his wife, my 14 year old father along with my aunt and uncle fled to America in 1980
@@onlyhereformoney175 shut up
@@declanfeeney7004 That ruins it a bit. Poor guy got disillusioned and began supporting terrorists. Personally I'm glad two of my Irish Catholic family joined the Royal Irish Rangers and fought against the IRA.
Thank you for covering this important part of Malaysian history. My grandfather was somewhat involved in the Malayan Emergency. He joined the Federated Malay States Police Force in 1948 at 17 years old and became a special constable. In 1950, MCP insurgents raided the old Mengkarak police station where he was posted at. He managed to kill at least 4 or 5 of the insurgents, according to his discharge papers. The raid was held off by him together with other constables on duty at the time. He resigned from the police force in 1954 and joined the special home guard volunteer force based in Triang from 1955 to 1960.
Could you please let me know how to contact you to grab some more details to use for my paper abt Malaya Emegency ... !! thnx n adv
I may also recommend the Malaysian Indonesian confrontation 1960 -1964 it was a conflict in the island happening at the same time as Vietnam and was fought mainly by malyan troops and gurkhas.
@MygeloC ZaFT are you Indonesian
@MygeloC ZaFT bruh. Show ur respect
@MygeloC ZaFT bro, shut up. Enough of this stupid Indonesia vs Malaysia rivalry. We have so much in common so having similar culture or tradition should be expected. I am an Indonesian myself and I want this rivalry to stop. We are stronger together, we have bigger threats to worry about. If you are really an Indonesian, remember our motto. "Unity in Diversity". We are stronger together, divided means destruction.
@MygeloC ZaFT indonesia is currently occupying West Papua...
@MygeloC ZaFT a Muslim majority
Its not exactly Britain's veitnam . The scale is off . The British kept public approval. Didn't use excessive force and managed to win .
also, it was a defensive war
The British Vietnam happened in the 1770s.
@@SniperSpy10 So was Vietnam for the US. Still though, the British Empire was way more effective.
@@rangergxi it was 1945/6 in the War in Vietnam. When Britain had their turn and probably was a year or two from winning.
It guerilla warfare vs guerilla warfare
My grandfather served during this time in the Australian military. He said that during his time over there he was more scared of Tiger's then of the rebels.
Thank you for his service
australian soldiers were never on the front line. stop blabbering
@@ponyhelena2300 There isn't a front line in a guerrilla war . . .
@@deiniolbythynnwr926 Australian soldiers never fought in guerrilla hotspots in vietnam and malaya. All of them sit back and let the USA/UK do all the hard work. Oh and not to mention going back home with only a few casualties and telling their kids how tough and badass they were. We even consider the aussies our "greatest ally", haha like... HOW?
@@ponyhelena2300 i'm malaysian. Stop bullshiting my guy. What he said is correct
interesting point on the tensions between native Malayans and Chinese Malayans as the tensions would lead to Singapore which had a majority population of Chinese Malayans being kicked out of the federation in 1965 and becoming independent because the Chinese Malayans were annoyed at being underrepresented in politics and racism against their people and the Malayans were worried that with the growth in their population and Singapore being a economic hub they would come to dominate the federation and Malayans would be underrepresented
Get out of here bot
And leads to Creation Democratic Action Party.
@@hassankhuzmawi2834 In Singapore, People Action Party it's a not DAP style
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 I wasn't talk about PAP. I was talking about after PAP Leaving singapore and leading Few PAP suppoters Lim Kit siang Creation DAP.
@@hassankhuzmawi2834 Lim Kit Siang it's bullshit
As a fellow Malaysian, I could see that Simple History had made this video with strong accuracy of historical information.
My grandfather was a medic deployed in Malaysia near the end of the Malay Emergency, due to this he was told stories of combat from other medics who had been deployed earlier than he had.
I can recall one, but not in much detail.
How it roughly went was; A group of communist guerilla fighters had been captured and were being escorted when one pulled out a "long blade" and lunged at one of the troops, the medic reacted quickly emptied the entire magazine of his sten gun into the fighter. Later, his officer called him over and told him "well done, but you didn't have to use the whole bloody magazine"
Whole bloody magazine? Well the bloke didn't even die after being shot the first time.
The long blade is a Keris
@@MartinLeong25 I'm sure it's just a parang (machete). After all, it's more practical to cut through the branches in the forest.
@@MartinLeong25 nah, keris is a Shortsword, like dagger length
@@seneschalorcberg1338 probably, but how did the prisoner sneak that on him?
my great grandad was a malaysian police who fought in this war. Alot of his friend died in Bukit Kepong which he was supposed to be assigned at. Pretty cool u covered this story since it isnt talked about much
As a Malaysian, I'm proud. Thanks to British, Rhodesia, Fiji, Nz, Aussie and several of our ally country that help us during the first Malayan Emergency 1945/48-1960. We manage to be the sole country that is able to neutralize communist uprising without foreign assistance for The Second Emergency/Insurgency.
Stockholm syndrom in a nutshell.
@@Antarius1999 depends on one's perspective. I'd say it as using the colonial for our own advantage. At least we don't assimilate vivid colonialism in our language.
@@Antarius1999 Not Stockholm syndrome that would imply they are still ruled by britain you muppet
@@lilbrit1019 Stockholm Syndrome about a individual to keep a hostage
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 again it would imply britain still ruled over them or controlled them. Their not hostage to britain so how can there be Stockholm syndrome
One of the reasons why the Malayan Chinese became more favourable to the British overtime was due to Tan Cheng Lock, who was chairman of the Malayan Chinese Association which provided aid to Malayan Chinese in poverty. Tan convinced the Chinese community that the path to getting better civil rights & independence wasn't through a Communist armed struggle, but through democracy. He was also instrumental in convincing more Chinese to join the Malayan security forces in order to counter the CPM
Tan Cheng Lock, who was Malayan born & British educated was also favourable to the British due to him being anti-Communist & popular among both the Malay & Chinese communities
If MCA support for KMT. I just Imagine je
Bro some bot copy your comment
Tunku Abdul Rahmad, Tun Tan Cheng Lok, Tun Sambanthan.
The trio Malaysia needed
One of the key difference to the success was that the British switched to small unit tactics when fighting irregular forces whilst the Americans kept doubling down on their "overwhelming firepower" doctrine. The Brits didn't build huge fire bases packed with artillery, nor carpet bomb or napalm Malaya. They did not sweep out of their bases from time to time in so called "hammer and anvil" ops and torch villages and destroy rice stores "to deny them to the Viet Cong," rack up some kill counts (legit targets or not) for Westmoreland's number crunchers and then withdraw back to their safe zones. Instead, small squads (sometimes only 4 to 6 strong) would remain out in the jungle for months often visiting and breaking bread with isolated Kampongs (villages) winning hearts and minds of the locals whilst at the same time putting a real fear in the CPM of getting hit by these small squads of SAS or Gurkhas anywhere and at anytime.
As an interesting sidenote; Vietnam veteran US Special Forces officer Charles Beckwith served with the 22nd SAS during the Malay Emergency as an exchange officer. He was so impressed with what they were doing that he concluded that the Green Berets (the elite US force at the time and his own parent unit in Vietnam) were shyte in comparison and inadequate for the job. Upon his return he submitted a detailed report on why the US needed a unit that was capable of operating for long periods as small specialized autonomous teams in direct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist missions. As a result, albeit too late for Vietnam, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta (better known as Delta Force) was founded.
Senoi Praaq (tribal people's) and VAT 69 (police commandos train by SAS). British help training and supplies them while they help the brit about jungles warfare
So the simple reason is that Britain managed to save trees, helping locals and beat the communists
One small error, he served during the Malay-Indonesian confrontation, not the Malay Emergency.
Not only Gurkhas and the British army. There are malay regiments, senoi praaq, orang asli, and iban who fight alongside the British against the communists
My grandfather was one of the soldiers sent to fight against the communist guerrillas, he was a fijian, and we even created a song to commemorate us going to fight there and its called “Bula Malaya”
Thank you for the sacrifice your grandfather rendered on our behalf.
Never believe what your leftist will tell u, we Malaysians are most grateful for their sacrifice and services.
As my parents told me of their deeds, so shall i tell my children about it.
Irregardless what the western leftists would say.
Love to Malaysia 🇲🇾 from Canada 🇨🇦
Love this, this is where sarawak played a role in helping our malayan brothers (unfortunately this is forgotten among malayans) and the birth of our hero Awang Raweng. PLease do one for the 2nd emergency of Malaysia. As a Sarawakian I feel its not recorded enough.
And also kanang, a sarawakian hero who fought against communist
Yessss our local war heroes, it's very sad that thier stories are not told publicly
those sarawak rangers were real BAs during the Insurgency era...
Yeah. Sad that its being forgotten by many. Awang ak Raweng is one of the most epic soldiers during the Malayan Emergency. This guy saved the life of Private G. Huges with even though he had an injured thigh and arm while also surrounded by 50 communist. If thats not cool, I don't know what is. I am proud to be Iban.
@@mrmochi2133 His famous motto among the Ibans are "Agi Idup, Agi Ngelaban".
As a Malaysian, i am very happy to know that history channel like Simple History would recognise my country. I thought my country (Malaysia) is forgotten in world history.
Fear not, we have MH370,MH 17 incident and the Big Whale scandal, no country will forget our "achievements" .
@@K0Y0I_sis very funny lmao
Dad was attached to an artillery unit during the Emergency but still went out on patrol with the Gurkhas. He got shot in the leg but lucky for him the bullet was spent. Everyone suffered with Jungle diseases and the leaches and flys. They were expected to return to base with any MNLA dead for ID but the distance and the effect of the Jungle on the dead made it more practical to just bring the heads.
As a malaysian the malayan emergency was an a real tragedy because many things happen like (Bukit Kepong incident, nuri helicopter shot down, malayan emergency 2 and many other things). My dad brother was a soldier who serving in malayan emergency he was dead by stepping into landmine at jungle.
13 may incident
My granddad which was my mom's daddy, a local chinese from Sarawak served as a Border Scout and my granddad from my father side which is Iban serve as a Jungle Police Force or later known as "Pasukan Gerakan Am Polis Diraja Malaysia" or Royal Malaysia Police General Operations Force which my dad serve now. Both of my granddads now are retired but both of them also serve during the Communist Insurgency in Sarawak during the 60s and 70s
That was actually a different conflict, i.e. Sarawak communist insurgency, by two other communist guerrilla groups. Your grandfather's unit, the Pasukan Gerakan Am or PGA, though was mentioned in this video. The earliest iteration was known as Police Jungle Squad or Police Flying Squad.
@@shanleeliew3799 well its still fighting a commies too right? Not much different
@@tobbyhudson2743, and good riddance they lost too.
Chin Peng Actually run to Thailand not China. He decided to live in Thailand due to Malaysian Goverment denied his citizenship until his death in 2013.
Im from Malaysia 🇲🇾 i like history malayan video👍
perjuangan kita menentang fahaman komunis belum tamat lagi.
pengaruh komunis yg wujud pada hari ini lebih ketara nampaknya.
segala pengorbanan nampaknya sia sia.
As a Malaysian i would like to Say thank you to the Commonwealth forces for helping us fighting the Communists .Not forget also our Armed forces thank you for your service or should i say Terima kasih atas Perkhidmatan anda.🇲🇾🇲🇾
Look at here kids, we have a perfect example of Stockholm syndrome !
From English say Thank You for your services
@@Antarius1999 why move to the West
@@Antarius1999 what?
@@Antarius1999 what are you talking about?
As Malaysian, I'm glad no more Commy in my country,
🤗🇲🇾Malaysian here✌thank you for making this video about my country👍👍👍
What deligetamized and ultimately doomed the communists was when Malaysia received its independence.
At that point it stopped being about the liberation of Malaya, and more or less a power grab by the communist. It also didn't helped that the majority of its members were ethnically Chinese, which clashed with the majority conservative and traditional Malays of Malaya, and was seen as more or less a conflict between Malays and Chinese by the people for dominance over the region.
This is the main reason why the communists are viewed as villians and instigators in Malaysian history, while everybody else worked for peaceful independence, the communists were reckless, violent, and committed many terrorists acts against their common men. Moreover, it forever soured relations between Chinese and Malays that led to the detrimental race politics we see today and the ever increasing drain of brainpower.
Malays vs Malays if a declared of Malaysian Civil War
This comment deserve a pin.
This event helped play a part in the independence of Singapore, if I remember correctly. The Prime Minister of Malaysia wanted Sinagpore to leave the Federation because he didn't want anymore communist sympathetisers in Malaysia, since SG had a lot of Chinese. Even if they weren't communist, the guy just didn't want another communist rebellion in Malaysia, so SG had to go
No it didnt
Singapore was ejected because they feared the major Chinese presence and economic activity would make Singapore the capital and make the ethnic Malays lose influence to the Chinese
@@MartinLeong25 That's why I said that if I recalled correctly, ad I haven't touched up on Singaporean history for a while
If only our old leaders are educated on the war that happened in Mainland China, they could have had a better filtering system to differentiate between the communist and non communist. But it has been used as a political excuse until now. The irony of seperating with Singapore but being so Co-dependant with mainland China baffles me. Each day I have to educated my fellow serviceman that not all Chinese are communist chinese. Since I am a mixed Malay its easier to get in a non pro-malay conversation with the other malays. The younger generations thankfully is open to discuss but the older ones are hard to convince. They really have to see with their own eyes how other chinese fought against the communist as hard as us, even now. *cough* west Taiwan *cough*
Still relationship between Malaysia & Singapore until now
Its not about communism or economy, racial tension was high prior to singapore separation, they thought kicking singapore out was gonna fix everything because singapore was the epic centre of racial tensions mid 60's, turns out it never ends until the next few years
I think it's safe to say that the Malayan Emergency was basically Britain's own Vietnam. In fact, many of the tactics that were used in this war were used in Vietnam. From "winning the hearts and minds of the people" , search and destroy operations and the resettlement program.
It was safe to say, every country (both for communism and not) during the cold war had their own Vietnam experience. Great Britain with Malaya, Rhodesia with the Bush War, South Africa with the Border War, and the Soviets in Afghanistan.
No just no. To name a British success after a US failure is just insulting.
Fun fact, Britain did fight in Vietnam but in 1945-46 against communism which nearly eradicated the commies completely but couldn't finish the job as France wanted their colony back.
Plus the American's version of "win the hearts and minds" was to kill innocents, destroy miles of jungles with agent orange and basically napalm anywhere and everywhere which caused the Vietnamese to hate the Americans.
@@ulsterinfidel9897 It's just a comparison which there is a lot of. And you should know as a fellow lover of history that is not America's option in some cases
@@mcwildstyle9106vietnam war started cuz french doesnt want to gave up indochina
Malayan emergence end cuz British willingly gave malaysia independence,causing the commies to not have any justifiable reason to take over
As a malaysian, It's fantastically amazing when living with other ethics because we would share and learn a lot of traditional cultures of ethics like chinese, malay, indian including Borneo and Sabah ethics cultures
This is great. I was just looking for videos on this!
Thank u for supporting Malaysian history
Even Malaysian history books aren't as clear as this video! Thanks simple history 🙆🏻♀️
I have a Malaysian friend and we talked about this and this was amazing video. Thank You simple history.
This conflict was always over-looked and ignored because it was over-shadowed by the Vietnam war,despite that however this conflict was just as deadly as the Vietnam war so thanks for giving some attention to my nation's own version of the Vietnam war
It's also worth noting that the SAS was involved with special missions to root out communist hold-outs in the jungle.
They also help creating VAT 69 unit and train them.
One of their members was Sir Peter de la Billière who after the emergency would go on to command The SAS during both the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980 and The Falklands in 1982, And after that he would Command British Forces during the Gulf War of 1991, Here in America the operational name for the conflict was Desert Storm but for the British it was Granby. He retired the the next year as a General.
i would argue the troubles in the north of ireland were more britain's vietnam
I agree
I disagree, The British still have Northern Ireland and the IRA is all but finished. America lost in Vietnam.
Except the British won
@@jacharvey8231 They won? The conflict was fought for rights. The Catholic Nationalists got their rights and are the majority west of Belfast. Not to mention the current state of affairs that could lead to the dissolution of the union.
@@jacharvey8231Probably the independence war is a better comparison. The British were by all rights in a strong position (the IRA was on the brink of collapse) but political issues forced them to give up.
Technically, Britain's involvement in Vietnam from 1945 - 1946 was Britain's War in Vietnam...because it was exactly that. And highly successful at combating the Viet Minh
At the time the Viet Minh didn't have the same discipline as when they were fighting the Americans or French.
at the time Viet Minh was a barely organized militia, suffering from a lack of training and firearms. Ask the British to fight the Viet Minh in 1954 would result in both sides getting bruised. In the 1950s Viet Minh was a well-equipped forces, with 105mm howitzers, 37mm anti-aircraft guns and domestic-produced Bazooka.
@@stormystudios9804 the British have been trained in jungle warfare for 250 years. The US was given advice, but rejected it as amateurs
@@thatguyonline5208 american war of independence. Anglo-Napalese war, Anglo-Maori war
@@cornwallforever5305 Not to mentioned that the British fought against Afghanistan and won.That explained why they can retained Afghanistan as part of their colony for 40 year
Ive been waiting this video for a long time and its finally out
Glad to see this in the channel. My grandfather was a part of this conflict and survived 2 separate search and destroy missions against the communists. He's still around and I'm very eager to show this to him.
This is an interesting one, I never heard of this until this video was made, I'd be interested in seeing an episode of the Cambodian-Vietnamese war also.
I haven't read about the Malayan emergency since I was in secondary school and my paternal grandfather is living proof that he was a part of the emergency. No his name will remain anonymous.
@@silentdysfunction2396 Just saying.
@@silentdysfunction2396 I asked
thanks for his service and God bless
I been waiting for this so long... tq so much Simple History!😁😁
This channel is so good the animations and sound effects are top notch
As a malaysian thank you for picking up with malayan emergency.
Edit: i have been subscribed for atleast a year now
My Dad, served in Malaya. Thomas Potter. We have amazing photos of Malaya during this time.
Thank you for covering this topic
Nice to know about this event, how about covering the entirety of the Congo Crisis? I know you mentioned a bit of it in the video about Jadotville but try to cover the other events that weren’t mentioned in the Jadotville video like events that led up to the crisis or the fighting against the Simba and Kwila rebels.
And the fights after Jadotville the Battle of The Tunnel and Operation Grand Slam. Those need to be told. That was a major event for the Irish and those fights restored Ireland's reputation.
I forgot to add this one to the list Operation Unokat which happened after UN Secretary Dag Hammerskjold was killed during the Jadotville fight and after that ended U Thant took over and initiated Operation Unokat to take down the katangese and Foreign Mercenary blockades and one specific Act of Valor happened when Indian Gurkha Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria charged with a very small number of UN troops to take down 70 to 80 plus Mercenaries but at the cost of his own life but manage to achieve his objective before he succumbed to his wounds.
I have never heard about this nice to learn something new.
I love y’all’s videos there the best I have been watching y’all for about 3 years now
@Mr. Squide stop spamming the link in the comments
America: Hey Britain you wanna help us in Vietnam?
Britain: I'm a little busy!
As a portuguese younglinger and in love with portugal belic history, Portugal also had a "vietnam", called by the portugueses "ultramar" (overseas) with Angola, Guiné and Mozambique. With my grand pa taking a shot in the chest at the Guiné. Could lead to a good video!!!!
Technically speaking, Britain's Vietnam was apart of the Indo-China war. You had the British, and the defeated Imperial Japan joined forces against Ho Chi Mingh.
And that coalition almost captured him if given a couple more months but McArthur thought that Britain was spreading imperialism and wanted them out of Vietnam
@@definitelynotpc9814 The British job at Indochina at the time is to disarm the Japanese in South Vietnam, while KMT troops disarm the North. They did just that and never went to the North. The bulk of the Vietminh and Ho Chi Minh himself were in the North at the time, so really the only way British could have captured him alive is to violate what they had promised earlier. Also, Ho Chi Minh was with the OSS, dont think it would be nice for them to mess with those guys just to capture Ho Chi Minh
@@definitelynotpc9814 Well they were spreading imperialism. MacArthur was right to kick them out since it wasn't their land and they had no business doing there. Imagine if Vietnam sent Viet Minh soldiers to the UK to hunt down king George. I don't see why Brits get to be the ones terrorising other nations.
@@andro7862 How were they terrorising Vietnam? France was losing control of Vietnam with the Indochina war and needed help. You do know they were a French colony, right? So Britain wouldn't be trying to colonise them
Gotta love how the yanks failed to replicate British strategies and got screwed over
Maybe cuz those strategies didn’t work anymore?
Well, trying to make the same people fight against their own ethnic group doesn't really work out. Whereas ethnic Malay were fighting ethnic Chinese communists.
These wars all depend on if you can get the support of the people or not. The Korean War for America was successful as the US managed to defend South Korea against the communist North Korean/Chinese/Soviet invasion in the 1950s and the US/South Korean forces stopped a second communist invasion in the 1960s. That is because the USA had the support of the South Korean people. Similar happened in West Germany, the US allied West Germany did so economically well that they incorporated in the communist puppet state of West Germany. Vietnam and Afghanistan remain the only 2 lost wars in US history our of the 93 wars we have fought due to the failure to gain the support of the people.
@@miggypeso909 no because a three year time gap between events mean the style of warfare didn’t change and
The us was willing to spend billions to bring britain into the campaign due to guerilla warfare experience
North Vietnam had better geographical advantage than the Malayan Communist. North Vietnam enjoys close proximity with the Southern Chinese border where PRC and USSR can provide aid to North Vietnam with less trouble while the Malayan Communist were basically cut off from within because China was quite far away from Malay Peninsular. On the other hand, there are huge chunks of ethnic Chinese who are pro Kuomintang and anti communist, so it's difficult for the Malayan Communist to emerge victorious.
Nice to see some interesting Malaysian history, tq for doing doing this topic, this is never thought in school
Finally, a Malaya Emergency video.Thank you for doing this video. Love from Malaysia
I like this one because I'm from Malaysia. You guys should also talk about the Iban Trackers. They were sent to Malaya in response of the Malayan Emergency as they are experts at jungle warfare. One such Iban hero during the Malayan Emergency was Awang ak Raweng. He was from the 10 Platoon, 'D' Company, 1st Battalion Wochestershire Regiment. He saved the life of Privare G. Huges even after having an injured thigh and right arm while surrounded by 50 communist. He was awarded the the George Cross for his courage and bravery.
My Grandad served in this conflict. He served along side the Sarawak Rangers.
Hes an imperialist scombag
@@electricblue8707 Better than a communist scumbag
@@electricblue8707 bro how is he a imperial
@@electricblue8707 show some respect he’s a veteran
@@bathwater3196 or commie flat eye
Thanks for uploading this Simple History. This too is important to Singapore's History.
Thanks for making such an informative video about the "Darurat" since I got learn this in my current syllabus.
I've been watching for 2 years and these videos are still interesting
Me a Malaysian always watching Simple History and when my mom asked is it educational, I show her this video along side my School Textbook
Delighted! So rarely covered a conflict. Thank you!
Thank you for covering Malayan Emergency. It's a really important event for us.
I once visited a MNLA hideout (turned into a tourist attraction) in Southern Thailand. Not sure whether it was established during the 1st or 2nd insurgency but it sure did give us the perspective of the antagonists of the insurgency. They even had memorials for the fallen comrades. What's even more interesting was that my tour guide was also an ex-MNLA (presumably during the 2nd conflict)!
That's pretty badass tough visiting trip!
Thank You for the help lads!
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I don't want to say thank you to British
@Mr Koli Oh, sorry, my mistake, thank you to Fiji too 🇫🇯
And I'll take this opportunity to thanks other members from the Commonwealth that helped us too. Rhodesia, New Zealand and Kenya.
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@@eizzatakrami6273 No one asked tho
@@alifaiman3578 yeah, yeah, yeah
@@eizzatakrami6273 Without the British we would be in a worse state
I appreciate this documentary . Thanks from Malaysia .
Your thumbnails always look so much fun i have to watch!
So the chinese population started to fight for malayan independence and ironically had to fight against malayan police/soldiers. And I thought the balcans are complicated
They claim to fight for independence but they still killing civilians. The communist also took children from the native to become child soldiers an they often ransacked shops and villagers home.
The malay population fight is Chinese communist who screw both their own race in mainland China and other part of the world lol. Ask normal Chinese at that time and story how lot Malay neighbor sacrifice exchange safety by stay at village and Chinese people put in camp or we call Kampung Baru, because mostly Chinese communist threat they own race to supply food sometime kidnap kid to make into army or kill them based say those are spy.
At last !, Thank You for Making Malayan Emergency.
I wish You will make Bukit Kepong Incident. Teach some lesson to Mat Sabu that Mat Indra is a Killer !!.
As a Malaysian, This is the most Hurtful to see. And i am happy that Aussies and UK Back us up.
Fantastic stoked awesome job fellows!!!
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
Thanks!
Simple history is the best history channel on CZcams
I love that this channel covers the lesser known conflicts.
This channel teaches me stuff school wouldn't even mention
Thank you!