Operation Taungthaman (Burmese: တောင်သမန်စစ်ဆင်ရေး) is an ongoing military operation launched by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), directed by the People's Defence Force (PDF) focused in Madaya Township of Mandalay Region.[2][3][4]
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| Part of the Myanmar civil war | |||||||
 Map as of July 2024 (Not including gains made by anti-SAC forces before 27 October) Gains made by anti-SAC forces
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 100 casualties, two armored vehicles destroyed (rebel claim)[2] | 10 dead, 30 wounded (rebel claim)[2] | ||||||
| 11+ civilians killed[3] | |||||||
Background
editThe Myanmar Civil War picked up in intensity before the start of the operation, with Operation 1027 capturing 220 Tatmadaw positions since its start. On 28 October, Operation Taungthaman was announced by the PDF, with no further information given.[5] Troops from the Ta'ang National Liberation Army fighting in Operation 1027 were moved to execute Operation Taungthaman on 13 November.[citation needed]
Timeline
editOperation Taungthaman started in late October with attacks in Nawnghkio and Kyaukme Townships in southern Shan State, in support to the simultaneous Operation 1027.[2][6]
A major offensive operation was initiated by the TNLA on 13 November, in eastern Madaya Township. Fighting erupted on that day in Kinn Village, as the junta responded with airstrikes and artillery attacks. Later junta offensives on 16–17 November led to the torching of the village, with 700 houses being burned down. 8,000 people are reported to be displaced in the township.[3][4]
On 16 November, a junta-held checkpoint between Madaya and Singu Townships was attacked by the TNLA. An attempt by one of the junta's air defense units to rescue captured soldiers led to the killing of 11 civilians in a nearby teashop.[4]
By 28 November, PDF and TNLA forces reported the capture of a junta base of around 120 soldiers in Madaya Township.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Pyusawhti militia". Myanmar NOW. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Myanmar Junta Base Seized in Mandalay: PDF". The Irrawady. 28 November 2023.
- ^ a b c "Operation Taungthaman: Civilians Urged to Flee Township in Myanmar's Mandalay Region". BNN. 21 November 2023.
- ^ a b c "Operation Taungthaman: Civilians Urged to Flee Township in Myanmar's Mandalay Region". The Irrawady. 20 November 2023.
- ^ "ညီနောင်မဟာမိတ် ၃ ဖွဲ့ကို ထောက်ခံပြီး မန္တလေး PDF က "တောင်သမန်စစ်ဆင်ရေး" ဆင်နွှဲမည်" [In support of the 3 sister alliances, Mandalay PDF will launch "Taung Thaman War".]. DVB (in Burmese). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ ""တောင်သမန် စစ်ဆင်ရေး" တစ်လအတွင်း စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင် ၉၅ ယောက်သေပြီး PDF ၁၀ ဦး ကျဆုံး" [95 members of the Military Council were killed and 10 PDFs were killed in the month of "Taung Thaman Operation".]. Mekong News Myanmar (in Burmese). 27 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.