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Welcome to the Southeast Asian military history task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers the military histories of all Southeast Asian groups and states, as well as military activity in Southeast Asia by outside powers. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding |Southeast-Asian-task-force=yes or Southeast-Asian=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Southeast Asian military history task force articles.

Participants

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1. Arius1998 (talk · contribs) (Philippines, primarily the Philippine Revolution)
2. Ckfasdf (talk · contribs) (Mostly Indonesia related)
3. Cuprum17 (talk · contribs) (Vietnam War)
4. Grant65 (talk · contribs) (World War II, Cold War and other C20 conflicts)
5. JarrahTree (talk · contribs) category tagging and checking category structures
6. KhantWiki (talk · contribs) (I'm interested mainly in military and political topics related to the country that I'm from, Myanmar (Burma).
7. LordAmeth (talk · contribs) (primarily pre-colonial and early colonial subjects)
8. Merbabu (talk · contribs) (All periods, most particularly Indonesia related. Also general housekeeping.)
9. NotDragonius (talk · contribs) (Pre- and post-Vietnam War Vietnamese history)
10. Sodacan (talk · contribs) (Thailand and Burmese-Siamese conflicts)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a significant number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles 1678 Kediri campaign 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt December 1964 South Vietnamese coup Ba Cụt 1740 Batavia massacre Felice Beato Operation Boomerang 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing Raid at Cabanatuan Operation Camargue Huế chemical attacks INTERFET logistics Krulak–Mendenhall mission Battle of Labuan Lê Quang Tung Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines Douglas MacArthur John McCain Nguyễn Chánh Thi Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm Oerip Soemohardjo Operation Passage to Freedom Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI Phạm Ngọc Thảo Phan Đình Phùng Phan Xích Long Seri Rambai Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945) Singapore strategy 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing Sudirman Timor-Leste Defence Force Tôn Thất Đính Operation Transom Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng Xá Lợi Pagoda raids Featured lists List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War A-Class articles January 1964 South Vietnamese coup 1965 South Vietnamese coup 1975 spring offensive Jon Burge Cambodian Civil War Cambodian campaign Citadel of Saigon Coast Guard Squadron One Operation Coburg Operation Cockpit Operation Crimp Easter Offensive Gia Long Operation Igloo White Indonesian occupation of East Timor Java War (1741–1743) Battle of Khe Sanh Lâm Văn Phát Operation Lam Son 719 Lê Văn Duyệt Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Southern Rhodesian military involvement in the Malayan Emergency Nguyễn Văn Nhung Operation Rolling Thunder Tet Offensive Trương Định Yên Bái mutiny Good articles 102nd Division (Philippines) Action of 23 August 1967 Battle of Ap Bac Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391) Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1401–1403) Aviation in Indonesia Battle of Balikpapan (1945) Battle of Ban Me Thuot John Andrew Barnes III Battle of Binh Gia Born on the Fourth of July (film) Borneo campaign Operation Bribie Jon Burge Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Cambodian campaign Attack on Camp Holloway Coast Guard Squadron One Operation Coburg Operation Cockpit Battle of Coral–Balmoral Operation Crimp Darah dan Doa Battle of Đồng Xoài Battle of Dumpu Ee Hoe Hean Club HMS Engadine (1911) Fall of Phnom Penh First Mongol invasion of Burma Fort Tanjong Katong Operation Frequent Wind Battle of Gang Toi Air Battle of South Korea Battle of Huế Hue–Da Nang Campaign Huế Phật Đản shootings Indonesian occupation of East Timor Java War (1741–1743) Saprang Kalayanamitr Battle of Kham Duc Battle of Lang Vei Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Lê Văn Duyệt Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Battle of Lima Site 85 Battle of Loc Ninh Battle of Long Khánh Battle of Long Tan Southern Rhodesian military involvement in the Malayan Emergency Mayaguez incident Battle of Muong Khoua KRI Nanggala (402) Nguyễn Văn Nhung Norodom Chakrapong Nugroho Notosusanto Battle of Ong Thanh Operation Eagle Pull Operation Shed Light Philippine Constabulary Band Philippine resistance against Japan Slamet Rijadi Third Battle of Seoul Ted Serong Siege of Malacca (1641) Soetran Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Special Air Service Regiment Operation Starlite Suharto Battle of Sungei Koemba Battle of Suoi Bong Trang Battle of Suoi Chau Pha Battle of Surabaya (1677) 1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base Tet Offensive Mohnyin Thado Pong Tiku Trunajaya rebellion Tet offensive attack on the United States embassy Attack on USNS Card Humbert Roque Versace Vietnam Women's Memorial Battle of Xuân Lộc

Southeast Asian military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 37 FL 1 A 27 AL 0 GA 70     B 601 BL 11 C 1,722 CL 43 Start 2,744 List 98 Stub 580     Total 5,781 Total 153 Other pages Category 0 Disambig 0 Draft 0 File 0 Portal 0 Project 0 Redirect 0 SIA 11 Template 0 User 0 Total 11 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 26,753 Ω 4.508 category

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Requested articles

Chao Phraya Surasakmontri • East Timor Resistance War • Sarawak People's Guerrilla Forces (currently a redirect) • North Kalimantan People's Army (currently a redirect) • Conquest of the Bornu Empire • United Mujahideen Front of Pattani • Burmese–Siamese War (1803–04) • Arakanese Uprising • Battle of Sapa • Soldiers of the Filipino People • Operation Jayawijaya

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Mong Tai Army • Operation Montclair • Operation TRIKORA • Third Javanese War of Succession •

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Internal Conflict in Burma • Kachin Conflict •

Merging needed

TV Patrol,Maguindanao War since 2015 (Maguindanao,Philippines 25 January 2015)

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Visiting Forces Agreement (Philippines – United States) • Mutual Defense Treaty (United States–Philippines)

Translation needed

Second Bone War • First Bone War • Expedition to the West Coast of Borneo • Second expedition to Palembang • First expedition to Palembang • es:Ocupación filipina de las islas del Mar de la China Meridional

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Did you know

• 12 May 2025 – Kedopok War (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Juxlos (t · c); see discussion
• 06 May 2025 – British expedition to Palembang (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Juxlos (t · c); see discussion
• 05 May 2025 – Sack of Yogyakarta (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Juxlos (t · c); see discussion
• 05 May 2025 – Sambas expeditions (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Juxlos (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 26 Apr 2025 – Capture of Ninh Bình (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by OutsidersInsight (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Good article nominees

• 27 Mar 2025 – Java War (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Juxlos (t · c); start discussion

Requested moves

• 29 Apr 2025 – Cambodian Civil War (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Cambodian civil war by Cinderella157 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Apr 2025 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Nguyen Van Thieu by Roman Spinner (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 11 Apr 2025 – Japanese occupation of West Sumatra (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kaliper1 (t · c); see discussion

Resources

If you know of any useful resources, please feel free to add them here.

• Charney, Michael. "Precolonial Southeast Asian Military History". Oxford Bibliographies. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
• Charney, Michael. "Colonial Southeast Asian Military History". Oxford Bibliographies. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
• Philippine Veterans Affairs Office collections - digitized records from NARA covering the Philippines in WWII, including Bataan, guerrilla operations, and the liberation