See Also: Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA)(encyclopedia)
People's Liberation Army(encyclopedia)
malayan(medicine)
Marengo(dictionary)
Malayan(dictionary)
Marengo(recipes)
Malayan Emergency(encyclopedia)
Chicken Marengo(recipes)
Marengo, Battle of(encyclopedia)
Malayan Banking(finance)

Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) (sh) and Marengo (iou)


Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) (sh)




Guerrilla movement formed to oppose the Japanese occupation of Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia) during World War II. The British military, foreseeing a Japanese invasion, trained small groups of Malayans as guerrilla troops; these became the MPAJA. Members of the MPAJA, who were primarily Chinese communists, emerged as heroes from the war and attempted to seize power before the British military returned.

Its Leadership then went underground until 1948, when they initiated the uprising called the Malayan Emergency.


Marengo (iou)



Marengo noun. M19.
[A village in N. Italy, scene of Napoleon's victory over the Austrians in 1800, after which the dish is said to have been served to him.]
Cookery. chicken Marengo, chicken a la Marengo, chicken sauteed in oil, served with a tomato sauce, and traditionally garnished with eggs and crayfish.