Battle of Insein

Battle of Insein
	Part of the Karen conflict
Date	30 January – 21 May 1949; (3 months and 3 weeks)
Location	Insein, Rangoon, Myanmar
Result	Union of Burma victory
Belligerents
Union of Burma; Communist Party of Burma; ;	Karen National Union
Commanders and leaders
President Sao Shwe Thaik; Prime Minister U Nu; Ne Win; Colonel Kyaw Zaw;	Saw Ba U Gyi; Saw San Phoe Thin †;
Units involved
Tatmadaw Burma Army; Southern Command:; No. (1) Chin Rifle Battalion; No. (3) Kachin Rifle Battalion; No. (3) Burma Rifle Battalion; No. (5) Burma Rifle Battalion; No. (unknown) Union Military Police Battalion ;	Karen National Defence Organisation Unknown numbers of KNDO soldiers; No. (1) Karen Rifle Battalion; No. (2) Karen Rifle Battalion;
Casualties and losses
Over 80 killed and 120 wounded from No. (5) Burma Rifle Battalion including its OC, Major Hla Thaung	-->
	500 soldiers, civilians, and rebels killed

The Battle of Insein was a 1949 battle during the Karen conflict where the Karen National Defence Organisation briefly captured the town of Insein, 9 miles from Rangoon.^[4] After 111 days of intense fighting, the KNDO failed their goal of capturing Rangoon, and retreated into the countryside.^[5]

^ https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2014/02/10/54672.html Archived June 24, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b https://burma.irrawaddy.com/on-this-day/2019/05/21/191967.html Archived June 24, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
^ The Battle of Insein Never Really Ended. The Irrawaddy. Aung Zaw. February 9, 2009 Archived September 19, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
^ The Day the Karen Were Defeated at the Battle of Insein. May 21, 2019. Wei Yan Aung. The Irrawaddy Archived March 23, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
^ Smith, Martin (1 June 1999). Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-85649-660-5.

[1] ttps://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2014/02/10/54672.html Archived June 24, 2024, at the Wayback Machine

[burma-2] ttps://burma.irrawaddy.com/on-this-day/2019/05/21/191967.html Archived June 24, 2024, at the Wayback Machine

[irraw2-3] The Battle of Insein Never Really Ended. The Irrawaddy. Aung Zaw. February 9, 2009 Archived September 19, 2023, at the Wayback Machine

[irrawd-4] The Day the Karen Were Defeated at the Battle of Insein. May 21, 2019. Wei Yan Aung. The Irrawaddy Archived March 23, 2023, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Smith, Martin (1 June 1999). Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-85649-660-5.

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Battle of Insein

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