Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An saita bayan fage a cikin 1940s da 1950s na Malaya (Malesiya ta yanzu). A lokacin, kasar ta kasance mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya, wanda aka fi sani da British Malaya. A shekarar 1942, sojojin Japan sun mamaye Malaya, suka tilasta wa Burtaniya ta janye. Sojojin Japan sun mallaki Malaya har tsawon shekaru uku, har zuwa 1945 bayan Japan ta mika wuya. Daga nan sai 'yan Burtaniya suka dawo don mamayewa, yayin da' yancin kai ya tashi. A cikin 1948, rikici tsakanin sojojin Burtaniya da jam'iyyar kwaminis ta Malayan ya haifar da yaƙe-yaƙe na yau da kullun har zuwa 1960. An bayyana Malaya
gaggawa na wadannan shekaru 12. Malaysia ta sami 'yancin kai a shekarar 1957.