campaign, Cold War

Operation Termite

Name: Operation Termite
Location: Malaysia

Operation Termite was a campaign fought in 1954 in what is now Malaysia. It was part of Malayan Emergency, which ran from 1948 to 1960. The recorded result: British-Commonwealth victory.

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Fought1954

WhereMalaysia4.577N, 101.258E

OutcomeBritish-Commonwealth victory

BelligerentsBritish Empire; AustraliaagainstMalayan Communist Party

Casualties and losses6+and13 killed; 181 camps destroyed

Part ofMalayan Emergency1948 to 1960

Record

Date	1954 (year precision)
Place	Malaysia 4.577N, 101.258E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War
Casualties and losses	6+	13 killed; 181 camps destroyed
Commanders	Geoffrey Bourne, Baron Bourne Clifford Sanderson Royal Air Force Royal Australian Air Force	Chin Peng

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Slim River 1942, 59 km S
Action of 14 February 1944 1944, 120 km W
Action of 17 July 1944 1944, 120 km W
Battle of Penang 1914, 140 km NW
Action of 13 November 1943 1943, 152 km NW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Semur River 1950

Elsewhere in 1954

Operation Termite is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 53 in present-day Malaysia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q22091368, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Termite, revision 1370787098, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.