Myingyan District Special Operation
| Myingyan District Special Operation | |||||||||
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| Part of Operation 1027 in the Myanmar civil war | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 State Administration Council | People's Defense Force | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Thidar Yumon[2] | Bo Mike Khal[2] | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Pyusawhti |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 30+ killed (resistance claim)[3] | |||||||||
| 10+ civilians killed[2] | |||||||||
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Myingyan District Special Operation was a code name for a military operation led by multiple People's Defence Forces groups against junta outposts in the Myanmar's Myingyan District.
Battle
[edit]On 10 August 2024 PDF forces launched an attack on the city of Natogyi attacking junta targets in the town including a police station before having to retreat due to intense airstrikes.[2] On 12 August resistance forces attacked a junta outpost near the pipeline station on the Taungtha-Meitthila road, the Taungtha police station, No. (10) Garment Factory north of the town and miltia base north of the town.[4] The resistance forces had to retreat in the afternoon due to intense junta airstrikes.[5] The Sembcorp Power Station was forced to temporarily stop production due to fighting.[6]
On 16 August, the resistance forces attacked a junta column stationed inside a monastery in the Taung Ywar Bo village.[7] On 20 August 2024 resistance forces captured an Air Defense camp near Thet Kei Kyin.[8][9]
On 19 August 2024 resistance forces captured the town of Ngan Myar Gyi.[1]
Aftermath
[edit]On 23 August 2023 the production of power in the Sembcorp Power Station resumed.[10]
On 21 October regime forces recaptured the town of Ngan Myar Gyi in an operation involving ground forces, air strikes and naval bombardment from the Ayeyarwady River.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Myanmar PDFs face a closing window of opportunity, 5 November 2024
- ^ a b c d e Anyar rising: Myanmar’s Dry Zone PDFs up the ante, 13 September 2024
- ^ Junta suffers heavy casualties in Natogyi where they lost four outposts to revolutionary forces, 18 August 2024
- ^ မြင်းခြံဒေသကို PDF စစ်ဆင်၊ ဓာတ်ငွေ့ပိုက်လိုင်းကင်း စခန်းကို သိမ်းပိုက်, 13 August 2024
- ^ Rebels capture 9 posts in Myanmar’s Mandalay region, open new front, 12 August 2024
- ^ Sembcorp temporarily shuts down Myanmar power plant amid escalating unrest, 12 August 2024
- ^ Myanmar’s Civilian Government Aims to Liberate District in Southern Mandalay, 19 August 2024
- ^ တံတားဦးမြို့နယ်၊ မြိုင်သာ လေကြောင်းရန်ကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ကို တော်လှန်ရေးတပ်များက ဝင်ရောက်စီးနင်းပြီး PDF အလံလွှင့်တင်, 21 August 2024
- ^ Natogyi People’s Defense Force captures Tada-U Air Defense Base, Myanmar junta troops flee, 23 August 2024
- ^ Power station resumes operation in militarily tense Myingyan, Myanmar, 29 August 2024