Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 23 January 1996. Corrected and updated 22.04.2005
 

BURMA

(Myanmar)
Military History & Institutions
Major Government Sites
Military News
 General Reference
 Military History
Regiments and Corps
Commands and Formations
 Wars, Campaigns and Operations
Biography (& Memorials & Vets) 		Uniforms, Badges, Medals
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Research Collections and Guides
Discussion Groups & Societies
Bibliography
Other Web Catalogues
Brief Constitutional & Military History of Burma
       
 
... see India for military history prior to 1937
 
       
Constitutional history:  Burma was separated from British India in 1937.  Occupied by Japan 1942-44. Independence 1948 as a republic outside the Commonwealth.  Central government faced escalating civil war with the Karens, Chin, Kayah and Kachin, and was overthrown by military coup of hardliners 1962.  Political and economic problems continued to worsen when Saw Maung seized power in 1988 and established State Law and Order Restoration Council Name officially changed to Myanmar 1989. National League for Democracy won landslide electoral victory in 1990, but military government refused to step aside.
1793 French Revolutionary Wars
1802.03.25 Treaty of Amiens, ending French Revolutionary wars
1803.05 Napoleonic Wars
1814.05.30 Treaty of Paris, ending Napoleonic wars
     
1914-18 First World War
 
1939-45 Second World War
 
1948 Burma opted out of Commonwealth at independence
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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for wars, campaigns and operations, see below
 
  • General
  • Regional
  • Indian Period, 1800-1937
  • Colonial Period, 1937-1948
  • Independence Period, 1948-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  • Discussion Groups
  • Historical Societies