1. Anti-Japanese forces
Those that organised clandestine anti-Japanese groups that
undertook espionage and attacks against the Japanese.
1. Guerrilla resistance
Mainly comprising the remnants of defeated allied troops left
behind with Chinese civilians and soldiers; they undertook
guerrilla attacks against isolated pockets of Japanese troops in remote locations
3. Malay Regiment Forces that surrendered fought a guerilla warfare against the Japanese occupation troops in Malaya after escaping from prisoner camps