Malaysia (Malaya)

Allegiance

Role in WW2

Main articles: Battle of Malaya and Japanese occupation of Malaya

​Malaya was under British rule before the war began. It was occupied by Japan in 1942 through 1945. The Malayan Communist Party became the backbone of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army.[citation needed]

See British Borneo and Malaya, which merged after the war to form Malaysia.