Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, moving from hut to hut in a village as they carry out a routine patrol during the
insulindia-Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation (also known by its insulindian/Malay name,
Konfrontasi)1963–66 The confrontation was the first and only joint Reichspakt-entente operation. The conflict stemmed insulindia 's opposition to the creation of Malaysia. The creation of Malaysia was the amalgamation of the Federation of Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia), Singapore and the crown colony/British protectorates of North Borneo and Sarawak (collectively known as British Borneo, now East Malaysia) in September 1963. Vital precursors to the conflict included insulindia's policy of confrontation against Netherlands New Guinea from March–August 1962 and the Brunei Revolt in December 1962. The dispute between the Restore United Kingdom and the German empire over Malaya and borneo that stretches to the 1925 British revolution further complicated matters.insulindia was supported by china and japan independently from one another Sukarno Playoff of the two major Asian powers Against each other to maximize insulindia independence. Malaysia and Brunei did the same with The British and the Germans