Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army

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The Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army was a communist-led guerrilla force in British Malaya that waged armed resistance against Japanese occupation during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist organization ⓘ
guerrilla army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
resistance movement ⓘ
alliedWith Allied powers ⓘ
linked to: Allied forces
alsoKnownAs MPAJA ⓘ
areaOfOperations Malaya ⓘ
Malayan jungles ⓘ
armedWingOf Malayan Communist Party ⓘ
commemoratedIn Malaysian and Singaporean wartime histories ⓘ
conflict Japanese occupation of Malaya ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country British Malaya ⓘ
dissolvedInto Malayan National Liberation Army ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
ethnicComposition predominantly ethnic Chinese ⓘ
formedBy Malayan Communist Party ⓘ
goal resistance against Japanese occupation of Malaya ⓘ
headquartersLocation jungle bases in Malaya ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
languageOfCommunication Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
leader Chin Peng ⓘ
Lai Teck ⓘ
legacy precursor to Malayan Emergency communist insurgency ⓘ
notableMember Chin Peng ⓘ
Lai Teck ⓘ
notableOperation guerrilla attacks on Japanese military targets ⓘ
sabotage of Japanese infrastructure in Malaya ⓘ
operationalEnvironment tropical rainforest ⓘ
opposedTo Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
partOf Malayan Communist movement ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet ⓘ
postWarStatus disarmed under British supervision ⓘ
primaryTarget Japanese military forces in Malaya ⓘ
receivedSuppliesFrom British air drops ⓘ
recognizedAs main anti-Japanese resistance force in Malaya ⓘ
secondaryTarget Japanese collaborators in Malaya ⓘ
size several thousand fighters ⓘ
startTime 1942 ⓘ
statusDuringWar clandestine ⓘ
supportedBy British Special Operations Executive ⓘ
British colonial authorities in Malaya ⓘ
linked to: British Malaya
trainingBy British Force 136 ⓘ
typeOfWarfare guerrilla warfare ⓘ

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Japanese occupation of Singapore → resistanceMovement → Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Malaya → participant → Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army ⓘ
linked to: Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army
Malayan National Liberation Army → precededBy → Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army ⓘ
linked to: Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army
Chin Peng → ally → Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army ⓘ
linked to: Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army
Malayan National Liberation Army → precededBy → Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army ⓘ
subject linked to: MNLA
linked to: Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army
Ong Boon Hua → alliance → Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army ⓘ
linked to: Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army
MPAJA → fullName → Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army ⓘ
linked to: Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army
British Force 136 → associatedWith → Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army ⓘ
linked to: Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army