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)	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 East Timor 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 Those captured pirates been prosecuted and sentenced under each country laws who captured them.^[17] Piracy in Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean become 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 Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines.^[21]

References

^ ^a ^b Kitti Rattanachāyā (1996). The Communist Party of Malaya, Malaysia and Thailand: Truce Talks Ending the Armed Struggle of the Communist Party of Malaya. Duangkaew Publishing House. ISBN 978-974-89403-1-1.
^ Rachel Leow (May 2014). "The Forgotten Archives of Malay Communism". University Lecturer in Modern East Asian History. Archive of Mobility (Sites of Asian Interaction, Centre for History and Economics, Magdalene College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ Joseph Liow; Michael Leifer (20 November 2014). Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia. Routledge. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-1-317-62233-8.
^ "Ex-Malaysia rebel Chin Peng dies in exile". Agence France-Presse. Fox News. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b Nyshka Chandran (22 November 2016). "Forget Trump and China, piracy in the Sulu Sea is a fresh threat to Asia trade". CNBC. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^ Wilfred Pilo (3 November 2013). "The day the insurgency ended". The Borneo Post. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ Graham Saunders (5 November 2013). A History of Brunei. Routledge. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-1-136-87394-2.
^ Third World Studies ASEAN Series. Third World Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines.
^ John Breuilly (7 March 2013). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism. OUP Oxford. pp. 489–. ISBN 978-0-19-164426-9.
^ Danielle Sendou Ringgit (20 November 2015). "Myths and legends of the making of Malaysia". The Borneo Post Seeds. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^ Andretta Schellinger (12 February 2016). Aircraft Nose Art: American, French and British Imagery and Its Influences from World War I through the Vietnam War. McFarland. pp. 152–. ISBN 978-0-7864-9771-3.
^ Mazlan Nordin. "The End of Confrontation" (PDF). Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ 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.
^ "Somalia – UNOSOM II (Full Text)". United Nations. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ Patrick Heenan; Monique Lamontagne (3 April 2013). The Southeast Asia Handbook. Routledge. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-1-136-64091-9.
^ ^a ^b D. Jacob (8 October 2014). Justice and Foreign Rule: On International Transitional Administration. Springer. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-1-137-45257-3.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Lahad Datu: Sulu gunmen in Kg Tanduo have been totally defeated, say police sources". The Star. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "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.
^ 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.

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