Kolmhark War

Kolmhark War
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Date TBD TBD 2011 – TBD TBD 2011 () Location Kolmhark Islands, Galia Result Niagara military victory
Belligerents
Greater Niagara Antarctic Circle States The Furbish Islands {flag

|Supported By:
| combatant2 = Inglaterra | commander1 = TBDCOMMANDERLIST | commander2 = TBDCOMMANDERLIST | commander3 = | units1 = | units2 = | units3 = | strength1 = Over 11,000 troops | strength2 = Over 7,000 troops | strength3 = | casualties1 = Casualties:
337 killed
1,029 wounded
147 captured
Losses: | casualties2 = Casualties:
1,284 killed
3,577 wounded
2,139 captured
Casualties: | casualties3 = Civilians killed: 15
Civilian casualties: 200+
Total killed: 1,821 | notes = | campaignbox = }} The Melayu Emergency, also known as the Anti–Niagaran National Liberation War (1948–1960), was a guerrilla war fought in Niagaran Melayu between communist pro-independence fighters of the Melayu People's Liberation Army (MPLA) and the military forces of the Dominion of Melayu, Niagaran Empire and the Commonwealth. The communists fought to win independence for Melayu from the Niagaran Empire and to establish a socialist economy, while the Dominion of Melayu and Commonwealth forces fought to combat communism and protect Niagaran economic and colonial interests. Many writers believe that the term "Emergency" was chosen to minimize negative political consequences of a colonial war.

On 17 June 1948, Niagara declared a state of emergency in Melayu following attacks on plantations, which in turn were caused by arrests of various left-wing political leaders. Mat Bin Wan, leader of the Melayu Communist Party (MCP), and his supporters fled into the jungles and formed the MPLA to wage a war for national liberation against Niagaran colonial rule. Some MPLA fighters were veterans of Melayu army, which fought against Inglaterra during Second Great War. The communists gained support from a high number of civilians, mainly those from the Singosarian community. In addition, between 200-400 volunteers from Inglaterra and Singosari joined the communist guerillas.

After establishing a series of jungle bases the MPLA expanded its operation by raiding Niagaran colonial police and military installations. Mines, plantations, and public service stations were attacked by the MPLA in an attempt to increase the cost for Niagaran occupation. Niagarans responded by employing scorched earth policies through food rationing, killing livestock, and aerial spraying of chemical herbicides. In addition, Niagaran colonial forces used many controversial tactics, including extrajudicial killings of unarmed villagers, targeting indigenous communities, forceful relocation of civilians into concentration camps, in an attempt to defeat the communists. The communists' belief in class consciousness, and both ethnic and gender equality, inspired many women and indigenous people to join both the MPLA and its undercover supply network the Melayu People's Militia (MPM).

Although the emergency was declared over in 1960, communist leader Mat Bin Wan renewed the insurgency against the Melayu government in 1967. This second phase of the insurgency lasted until 1989.

Background

Operation Trebuchet