Malayan Emergency
The Malayan Emergency (19481960) was a guerrilla war fought in the Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) between Communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), the Malayan Communist Party's (MCP) armed wing, and the armed forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth. The communist forces fought to gain independence for Malaya from the British Empire and to establish a socialist economy, while the Commonwealth forces fought to combat communism and protect British economic and geopolitical interests. The fighting spanned both the colonial period and the creation of an independent Malaya in 1957. The conflict was called the "Anti-British National Liberation War" by the MNLA, but an "Emergency" by the British for insurance purposes, as London-based insurers would not have paid out in instances of civil wars.