British Military Administration (BMA) may refer to:
*The
British Military Administration of Borneo, the interim administration of British Borneo between the end of World War II (September 1945) and the establishment of the Crown Colony in North Borneo and Sarawak in July 1946.
*The
British Military Administration of Eritrea, the interim administration established in former
Italian Eritrea between 1941 and 1952.
*The
British Military Administration of Libya (sometimes known as ''British Military Administration (Tripolitania)''), the interim administration established on former
Italian Libya
Libya ( it, Libia; ar, ليبيا, Lībyā al-Īṭālīya) was a colony of the Fascist Italy located in North Africa, in what is now modern Libya, between 1934 and 1943. It was formed from the unification of the colonies of Italian Cyrenaica ...
between the beginning of Allied occupation of the territory in late 1942 and the independence of the kingdom of Libya on December 24, 1951.
*The
British Military Administration of Malaya, the interim administration of British Malaya between the end of World War II (September 1945) and the establishment of the Malayan Union in April 1946.
*The
British Military Administration of Somalia, the interim administration established in former
Italian Somaliland
Italian Somalia ( it, Somalia Italiana; ar, الصومال الإيطالي, Al-Sumal Al-Italiy; so, Dhulka Talyaaniga ee Soomaalida), was a protectorate and later colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia. Ruled in the 19th centu ...
and
British Somaliland between 1941 and 1949.
*The
British Military Administration of Vietnam and Indochina under
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of Germa ...
from September 13, 1945 to March 30, 1946, codenamed Operation Masterdom, along with
Nationalist Chinese and
French forces.
*The
British Military Administration of Hong Kong from September 1, 1945 to May 1, 1946 under
Admiral Cecil Harcourt
Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt (translated to Chinese as zh , t= 夏 慤 , j=haa6 kok3 , labels=no; 11 April 1892 – 19 December 1959) was a British naval officer. He was the ''de facto'' governor of Hong Kong as commander-in-chi ...
, after the
surrender
Surrender may refer to:
* Surrender (law), the early relinquishment of a tenancy
* Surrender (military), the relinquishment of territory, combatants, facilities, or armaments to another power
Film and television
* ''Surrender'' (1927 film), an ...
by the
Japanese. (The military government of Hong Kong was not officially classified as a British Military Administration.)
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Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II