List of wars involving Malaysia

This is a list of wars involving Malaysia.

  Malaysia victory

  Malaysia defeat

  Ongoing

List

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Federation of Malaya ( 1957–1966)
Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)	United Kingdom  Malaya  Singapore  Australia  New Zealand Fiji  Southern Rhodesia  Rhodesia and Nyasaland	Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army	Victory Malayan independence.[1] Communist retreat from Malaya.[2] Chin Peng exiled to Thailand.[3][4]
Congo Crisis (1960–1964)	Congo UNOC  Malaysia	Katanga  South Kasai	Victory The Congo established as an independent unitary state under the de facto dictatorship of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu.
Cross border attacks in North Borneo (1962–present)	Malaysia  Sabah	Moro Pirates Abu Sayyaf  Sulu Sultanate	Ongoing Piracy under control.[5] Abu Sayyaf continue present persistent threats with continuous kidnapping.[5]
Sarawak Communist Insurgency (1962–1990)	United Kingdom  Malaysia  Sarawak	North Kalimantan Communist Party	Victory Peace Agreement, dissolution of NKCP.[6]
Brunei Revolt (1962)	United Kingdom  Brunei  Malaya	Brunei People's Party	Victory Rebellion crushed.[7] A.M. Azahari exiled to Indonesia.[8] PRB disbanded.[9] Brunei decides against participation in the Federation of Malaysia.[10]
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation (1963–1966)	Malaysia  Singapore  United Kingdom  Australia  New Zealand  Brunei	Indonesia North Kalimantan Communist Party Brunei People's Party Communist Party of Indonesia	Victory Indonesia accepts the formation of the Federation of Malaysia.[11] Normalisation of diplomatic relationship.[12]
Malaysia (16 September 1963 – present)
Second Malayan Emergency (1968–1989)	Malaysia  Singapore  Thailand	Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army Communist Party of Thailand	Victory Peace Accord of Hat Yai, dissolution of MCP.[1][13]
Operation Gothic Serpent (1993)	United States  Malaysia  Pakistan  Italy  South Korea	Somali National Alliance	Indecisive UNOSOM II fails to capture Aidid.[14]
UNPROFOR (1992–1995)	Argentina  Australia  Bangladesh  Belgium  Brazil  Canada  Colombia  Czech Republic  Denmark  Egypt  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany  Ghana  India  Indonesia  Ireland  Italy  Jordan  Kenya  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malaysia    Nepal  Netherlands  New Zealand  Nigeria  Norway  Pakistan  Poland  Portugal  Russia  Slovakia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  Tunisia  Turkey  Ukraine  United Kingdom  United States  NATO	Yugoslavia Bosnia:  Republika Srpska Croatia:  Republic of Serbian Krajina	Victory Peace Agreement. Croatia declares independence. Bosnia and Herzegovina declares independence. Dissolution of Yugoslavia, Republika Srpska and Republic of Serbian Krajina.
International Force for East Timor (1999–2000)	Australia  Brazil  Canada  Fiji  France  Germany  Ireland  Italy  Jordan  Kenya  Malaysia  New Zealand  Norway  Pakistan  Philippines  Portugal  Singapore  South Korea  Thailand  United Kingdom  United States	Pro-Indonesian militias Aitarak Besi Merah Putih Laksaur Mahidi	Victory Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia.[15] Stabilisation of East Timor.[16]
Operation Astute (2006–2013)	Australia  New Zealand  Malaysia  Portugal  Timor-Leste  United Nations	Renegade elements of Timor Leste Defence Force	Victory Stabilisation of East Timor.[16]
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016)	NATO  Australia  China  Colombia  India  Indonesia  Japan  Malaysia  New Zealand  Oman  Pakistan  Russia  Saudi Arabia  Seychelles  Singapore  Somalia  South Korea  Ukraine	Somali pirates	Victory Captured pirates prosecuted and sentenced under the laws of the country that captured them.[17] Piracy in Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean came under control following the increase of security and maritime surveillance.[18]
Lahad Datu standoff (2013)	Malaysia Sabahan villagers	Sultanate of Sulu	Victory Sulu militants routed.[19][20] Remnants of Sulu militants escaping back to the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines.[21]

References

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8. Third World Studies ASEAN Series. Third World Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines.
9. John Breuilly (7 March 2013). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism. OUP Oxford. pp. 489–. ISBN 978-0-19-164426-9.
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13. Ong Weichong (3 October 2014). Malaysia's Defeat of Armed Communism: The Second Emergency, 1968-1989. Taylor & Francis. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-1-317-62688-6.
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15. Patrick Heenan; Monique Lamontagne (3 April 2013). The Southeast Asia Handbook. Routledge. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-1-136-64091-9.
16. D. Jacob (8 October 2014). Justice and Foreign Rule: On International Transitional Administration. Springer. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-1-137-45257-3.
17. Michael P. Scharf; Michael A. Newton; Milena Sterio (9 June 2015). Prosecuting Maritime Piracy: Domestic Solutions to International Crimes. Cambridge University Press. pp. 289–. ISBN 978-1-107-08122-2.
18. Andrew Poulin (16 January 2016). "How the World Overpowered Piracy in the Horn of Africa". International Policy Digest. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
19. "Lahad Datu: Sulu gunmen in Kg Tanduo have been totally defeated, say police sources". The Star. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
20. "Security forces in full control of Sabah's east coast: Police". The Brunei Times. The Star/Asia News Network. 8 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
21. Amy Chew (22 March 2013). "Porous borders leave Sabah open to invaders". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2016.