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The Burma National Army and the Arakan National Army fought with the Japanese from 1942–44, but switched allegiance to the Allied side in 1945. [citation needed] Following World War II, General Aung San negotiated the Panglong Agreement with ethnic leaders that guaranteed the independence of Burma as a unified state. In 1947, Aung San became ...
The history of Myanmar (also known as Burma; Burmese: မြန်မာ့သမိုင်း) covers the period from the time of first-known human settlements 13,000 years ago to the present day. The earliest inhabitants of recorded history were a Tibeto-Burman-speaking people who established the Pyu city-states ranged as far south as Pyay ...
1 January – New Year's Day; 4 January – Independence Day; 12 February – Union Day; 2 March – Peasants' Day; 24 March – Full Moon Day of Tabaung; 27 March – Armed Forces Day; 13 April – Myanmar New Year; 1 May – Labour Day; 22 May – Full Moon Day of Kason; 16 June – Eid al-Adha; 19 July – Martyrs' Day; 20 July – Full Moon ...
A Japanese invasion of Burma during the Second World War was launched from Malaya in December 1941. This led to the defeat of British and Indian forces and to Japanese rule, but during 1942 the new rulers made promises to grant Burma independence after the war, believing that this would give the Burmese a stake in an Axis victory, create resistance to future re-colonization by the western ...
Myanmar's post-independence history has been checkered by continuing unrest and conflict to this day. The coup d'état in 1962 resulted in a military dictatorship under the Burma Socialist Programme Party. On 8 August 1988, the 8888 Uprising then resulted in a nominal transition to a multi-party system two years later, but the country's post ...
1 January – New Year's Day; 4 January – Independence Day; 12 February – Union Day; 2 March – Peasants' Day; 24 March – Full Moon Day of Tabaung; 27 March – Armed Forces Day; 13 April – Myanmar New Year; 1 May – Labour Day; 22 May – Full Moon Day of Kason; 6 June – Eid al-Adha; 19 July – Martyrs' Day; 20 July – Full Moon ...
Kids have suffered immensely in this war: Last year, the military struck a school with attack helicopters, killing at least 11 children and in April, an airstrike killed 168 men, women and ...
The war, which claimed the lives of over 70,000 Chinese soldiers and four commanders is sometimes described as "the most disastrous frontier war that the Qing Dynasty had ever waged", [134] and one that "assured Burmese independence and probably the independence of other states in Southeast Asia". [136]