Following the surrender of Japan in the Second World War, anti-Japanese resistance movements in Malaya turned their attention towards the British, who had moved to quickly retake control of the colony, valuing it as a source of rubber and tin.
Efter Japans nederlag i 2. verdenskrig vendte de anti-japanske modstandsbevægelser i Malaya sig til briterne, som hurtigt igen havde overtaget kontrollen over kolonien og dens gummi og tin.