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| Title: | | Burma Star Association |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Burma Star Association |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Medals of Myanmar (Burma) |
| Description/subject: | | International Electronic Phaleristic Encyclopedia
by Edward S. Haynes
(© 1999).
Military and non-military awards.
"What is presented here is almost inexpressively preliminary, but - as the awards of Myanmar are almost totally unknown - 'something is better than nothing'" |
| Author/creator: | | Edward S. Haynes |
| Language: | | English |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | WWII: China-Burma-India Theater of Operations |
| Description/subject: | | This site covers various aspects of the WWII campaigns in Burma, largely from a US military perspective. Chronological account, in cluding
# Burma, 1942: 7 December 1941--26 May 1942
# India-Burma: 2 April 1942--28 January 1945
# Central Burma: 29 January--15 July 1945 as well as maps, bibliographies, photographs. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | HyperWar Foundation |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 24 June 2003 |
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Individual Documents
| Title: | | Heroes and Villains |
| Date of publication: | | March 2007 |
| Description/subject: | | "When the soldiers of the Burma Independence Army, led by the Thirty Comrades, infiltrated Burma from neighboring Thailand in a brave action to oust the British, the modern history of the Burmese armed forces was born. The fragile, inexperienced and ill-equipped army had faced many ups and downs in Burma’s often turbulent political history.
A year before independence in 1948, Aung San, the founder of the BIA and Burma’s independence hero, was gunned down by rivals, aided by British army officers.
The country descended into turmoil and civil war. The legendary Thirty Comrades were also divided, dominated by two political factions. Gen Ne Win led and united the army, while his comrades went into hiding in the jungle, joining “multi-color insurgent groups” aiming to topple the government.
Ne Win, also a prominent member of the Thirty Comrades, once proudly said that the Burmese army was founded by farmers, workers and other people of Burma, not by mercenaries. But he later fell victim of his own words, when he quelled street protests and dissent in the country by ordering troops to shoot and kill just to prolong his rule. So it’s no surprise to hear Burmese people saying that the armed forces were Ne Win’s pocket army.
When the country was rocked by nationwide protests in 1988, Ne Win warned the nation in a state television address: “If in future there are mob disturbances, if the army shoots, it hits—there is no firing into the air to scare.”
Historians note that Ne Win and Aung San had entirely different views on the army, with the latter wanting to steer it away from politics. Thus, throughout the history of the army, we have learned that things are not black and white.
There are military leaders who adhered to the wishes of the people and sided with them. Burmese will definitely remember and admire them. In this issue, we have singled out a number of the country’s fine, professional soldiers who were admired by the people.
There are many more unnamed and unknown heroes who sacrificed themselves for the country and its people—too many for us to name all. We have also chosen some military leaders who have stubbornly stuck to their guns, driving the country into limbo. They definitely fall into the category of the villainous.
However, all in all, we hope you will enjoy this special feature, marking the 62nd anniversary of Burma’s Resistance Day, now officially called Armed Forces Day..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 15, No. 3 |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 04 May 2008 |
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| Title: | | Notes on Cavalry Employed in Upper Burma From October 1886 to October 1887 |
| Date of publication: | | 1889 |
| Description/subject: | | Editor’s Note:
Colonel Heyland’s observations on army horses and cavalry regiments in the final
stages of the Third Anglo-Burmese War was originally published as a chapter (XVII)
in History of the Third Burmese War, 1885, 1886, and 1887, in 1889. The
organization of transport and mobile field forces was a significant problem for British
forces in the early months of the war. In December 1885, for example:
“[S]ome 199 royal elephants and 300 ponies from the Manipur Cavalry in
Mandalay were brought into the Transport Department of the Field Force,
but of these half the elephants were without mahouts or only half trained,
and half of the ponies were unserviceable. |
| Author/creator: | | Colonel Heyland 1st Bo. Lancers |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | History of the Third Burmese War, 1885, 1886, and 1887 via SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2004 |
| Format/size: | | pdf (388K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 August 2004 |
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| Title: | | NARRATIVE OF THE BURMESE WAR, DETAILING THE OPERATIONS OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL'S ARMY, FROM ITS LANDING AT RANGOON IN MAY 1824, TO THE.CONCLUSION OF A TREATY OF PEACE AT YANDABOO, IN FEBRUARY 1826. |
| Date of publication: | | 1827 |
| Description/subject: | | CONTENTS: .
CHAPTER I.
Junction of the combined forces from Bengal and Madras, at Port Cornwallis—Capture of Rangoon, and release of the British and Americans, who were made prisoners by the enemy…..
CHAPTER II.
Description of Rangoon, and the situation of the Army after landing there …..
CHAPTER III.
State and position of the Burmese forces at the period of our landing in Pegu, and exertions of the court of Ava in calling out the military resources of the country—First encounter with the Burmese troops…..
CHAPTER IV.
Arrival at Rangoon of two Deputies from the Burmese camp—Continuation of the military operations, and situation of the army up to the first of July…..
CHAPTER V.
Feeble attack of the enemy on the British lines—Attack and capture of his fortified camp at Kummeroot — Expedition sent against Mergui and Tavoy on the
Coast of Tenasserim…..
CHAPTER VI. The King's two brothers, the Princes of Tonghoo and Sarrawaddy, with Astrologers, and a corps of Invulnerables, join the army—Operations of the British Force up to the end of August…..
CHAPTER VII.
Recal of Maha Bandoola and the Burmese army from Arracan—Continuation of hostilities at Rangoon— Their effect upon the court of Ava…..
CHAPTER VIII.
Friendly assurances of the Siamese—Their preparations for war, and probable line of policy—Capture of Martaban and Yeh…..
CHAPTER IX.
State of the force at the conclusion of the rains— Reinforcements and equipment for taking the field sent from India—Approach of the grand army under Maha Bandoola….. CHAPTER X.
Actions in front of Rangoon, from the first to the seventh of December…..
CHAPTER XI.
Attack on the enemy's fortified camp at Kokeen.on the 15th December, and his final retreat to Donoobew…..
CHAPTER XII. Plan of operations—Force equipped for field service…..
CHAPTER XIII.
Journal of the march from Rangoon to Donoohew…..
CHAPTER XIV.
Operations before Donoohew—Its evacuation by the enemy—Journal of the march to Prome….. CHAPTER XV.
March of a detachment towards Tonghoo, and close of the Campaign…..
CHAPTER XVL
Winter-quarters at Prome—State of the country— Conduct of the inhabitants; with some remarks on their character and government…..
CHAPTER XVII. Renewed exertions of the Burmese, government, in preparations for the prosecution of the war—Meeting of the British and Burmese Commissioners at Neoun-ben zeik, and their ineffectual efforts to conclude a peace…..
CHAPTER XVIII.
Strength and position of the British and Burmese armies—Defeat of the enemy in front of Prome …..
CHAPTER XIX.
Preparations for an advance'upon Ava—Plan of the campaign…..
CHAPTER XX.
Journal of the march from Prome to Melloone …..
CHAPTER XXI.
Conclusion of a treaty of peace—Is not ratified by the king—And the Burmese army, in consequence, is again defeated, and driven from Melloone …..
CHAPTER XXII.
Continuation of the march upon Ava—Renewal of negotiations—Battle of Fagahm-mew—Conclusion of a definitive treaty of peace....
CHAPTER XXIII. Concluding Remarks....
APPENDIX......N.B. THE GOOGLE NOTE, PAGES AND COVERS PRECEEDING THE TITLE PAGE HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE END OF THE TEXT. FOR THE ORIGINAL ORDER, SEE THE ALTERNATE URL. |
| Author/creator: | | MAJOR JOHN JAMES SNODGRASS, |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | JOHN MURRAY via Google Books |
| Format/size: | | pdf (5.2MB) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://books.google.com/books?id=NYs2AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Burmese&as_brr=1#PPR3,M1 (pdf 10MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 05 April 2008 |
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