Explore Through Key Periods
A post from the archives
December 1942
Retaking Myitkyina
The Allied 14th Indian Division began its (unsuccessful) attempt to seize the Mayu peninsula back from the Japanese in December 1942. At the same time, the British and Gurkha special forces (the "Chindits") were preparing for their first attempt to push deep behind Japanese lines in northern Burma ("Operation Longcloth"). The Japanese were then also battling the Chinese in Yunnan, whose 5th and 6th armies had tried in vain that year to hold the Shan states and, in 1943, would...
Explore Myanmar History through a Timeline
About this project
The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.