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The People's Defence Force [a] is the armed wing of the National Unity Government (NUG) in Myanmar.The armed wing was formed by the NUG from youths and pro-democracy activists on 5 May 2021 in response to the coup d'état that occurred on 1 February 2021 that put the military junta and their armed wing the Tatmadaw in power. [15]
People's Defence Force-Zoland, also known as Zoland Defence Force [citation needed] and shortened to PDF-Zoland, is a People's Defence Force armed group in Chin State, Myanmar. They're the armed wing of the Zomi Federal Union (ZFU) , and a key member of the Chin Brotherhood Alliance , formed in December 2023 alongside the Chin National Defence ...
It was formed by Myanmar youths under the National Unity Government and pro-democracy activists in 2021 in response to the coup d'état that occurred on 1 February 2021 and the ongoing violence in Myanmar by the military junta. The force comprises 12 battalions.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. Ground forces branch of the armed forces of Myanmar "Burmese Army" redirects here. For other uses, see Burma Army (disambiguation). Myanmar Army တပ်မတော် (ကြည်း) (Burmese) lit. ' Tatmadaw (Kyi) ' 'Armed Forces (Army)' Emblem of the Myanmar Army [a] Founded 1945 ...
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Later that month, the Student Armed Force, Minbu District Battalion-2 (PDF unit), and Asho Chin Defence Force (CDF unit) ambushed and largely captured a group of junta soldiers who were trying to escape from Ann. [22] By 14 November only two of the remaining 10 junta positions in Ann held combat forces, while the rest housed auxiliary units.
On 14 March 2022, MRDA troops from Yinmabin District were restructured into Yinmabin District People's Defence Force battalions- specifically Yinmabin PDF Battalions 3 through 6. The battalation were also additionally funded by the NUG on top of existing financial support from donations totaling around eUSD 260,000 to date.
On 2 July 2021, a local People's Defence Force (PDF) unit merely armed with homemade firearms immediately opened fire on multiple Myanmar Army companies attacking the villages. Although the military suffered at least 15 casualties, artillery shells and RPGs forced the PDF unit to retreat after firing for 20 minutes.