Operation Termite

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Operation Termite

| image =

| caption =

| partof = Malayan Emergency

| date = July 1954

| place = Malaya

| result = Commonwealth victory

| combatant1 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} British Empire
{{flag|Australia}}

| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Communist Party of Malaya.svg}} Malayan Communist Party

| commander1 =

| commander2 =

| units1 = {{flag|United Kingdom}}

• {{Army|United Kingdom|size=22px}}
• 22px Royal Air Force

{{flag|Australia}}

• 22px Australian Air Force

| units2 = Unknown

| strength1 =

| strength2 =

| casualties1 = Unknown

| casualties2 = 13 killed
181 camps destroyed

}}

{{Campaignbox Malayan Emergency}}

Operation Termite took place during the Malayan Emergency.{{Cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/malayan-emergency/|title = Malayan Emergency | Australian War Memorial}} It involved extensive attacks on communist camps, dropping over 200 British troops into the jungle.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52956024 |title=Troops Taken To Enemy In Helicopter. |newspaper=The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) |location=Perth, WA |date=20 July 1954 |access-date=31 October 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Communist casualties were low but many camps were destroyed.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169416670 |title=THIRTY TERRORIST CAMPS BLITZED. |newspaper=Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954) |location=Mackay, Qld. |date=21 July 1954 |access-date=31 October 2015 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

The RAAF flew in support of the operation.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133914556 |title=No 1 Royal Australian Airforce Lincoln Bomber Squadron. |newspaper=The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955) |location=Sydney, NSW |date=4 December 1954 |access-date=31 October 2015 |page=20 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}