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==Casualties== During the conflict, security forces killed 6,710 MNLA guerrillas and captured 1,287, while 2,702 guerrillas surrendered during the conflict, and approximately 500 more did so at its conclusion. A total of 226 guerrillas were executed. 1,346 Malayan troops and police were killed during the fighting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/my_polic.html |title=Royal Malaysian Police (Malaysia) |publisher=Crwflags.com |access-date=3 January 2014 |archive-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232634/https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/my_polic.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 1,443 British personnel died, in what remains the largest loss of life among UK armed forces since the Second World War.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Armed Forces Deaths: Operational deaths post World War II |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/512070/20160331_UK_Armed_Forces_Operational_deaths_post_World_War_II.O.pdf |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Ministry of Defence |access-date=2 September 2023 |ref=UK MoD |page=5 |date=31 March 2016}}</ref> 2,478 civilians were killed, with another 810 recorded as missing.<ref name="Smith">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IY9MDAAAQBAJ&q=519+Commonwealth+2,478+civilians&pg=PT52 |title=Long Tan: The Start of a Lifelong Battle |last=Smith |first=Harry |date=1 August 2015 |publisher=Big Sky Publishing |isbn=9781922132321 |language=en |access-date=1 November 2020 |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103183715/https://books.google.com/books?id=IY9MDAAAQBAJ&q=519+Commonwealth+2%2C478+civilians&pg=PT52 |url-status=live |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><!-- No page numbers? The citation includes a link to a google books site which shows me where the casualty numbers are, but this strange book appears to have no page numbers. How are we supposed to cite a book with no page numbers? -->
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