✦ History

Konfrontasi

January 20, 1963 – August 11, 1966 · Malay Peninsula

Result Commonwealth victory

Indonesia opposed the creation of Malaysia and fought an undeclared war on Borneo and in the Malay Peninsula. British and Commonwealth troops helped Malaysia, and the conflict ended after Suharto came to power.

On the map Contemporaries

Commonwealth of Nations

Indonesia

Other

Commonwealth of Nations
United Kingdom
Malaysia
Singapore
Australia
New Zealand
Indonesia
Harold Macmillan belligerent leader Alec Douglas-Home belligerent leader Harold Wilson belligerent leader Tunku Abdul Rahman belligerent leader Abdul Razak Hussein belligerent leader Yusof bin Ishak belligerent leader Lee Kuan Yew belligerent leader Omar Ali Saifuddien III belligerent leader
Suharto belligerent leader Sukarno belligerent leader A. M. Azahari belligerent leader Abdul Haris Nasution military commander

Strength and losses

United Kingdom Killed 140

Australia Killed 23

New Zealand Killed 12

Singapore Killed 9

Killed
590–2,300
Wounded
222
Captured
771

Units

Australian Army 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Royal Marines United Kingdom Commando Force Royal Malay Regiment Royal Australian Navy Royal Navy Royal New Zealand Navy Royal Air Force Royal Australian Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force
Indonesian Army Indonesian Air Force
7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles Fleet Air Arm

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