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
Sao Shwe Thaik; U Nu; Ne Win;	Saw Ba U Gyi; ; -->
Units involved
Tatmadaw Burma Army;	Karen National Defence Organisation
Casualties and losses
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	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.^[2] After 111 days of intense fighting, the KNDO failed their goal of capturing Rangoon, and retreated into the countryside.^[3]

^ 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.

[irraw2-1] The Battle of Insein Never Really Ended. The Irrawaddy. Aung Zaw. February 9, 2009 Archived September 19, 2023, at the Wayback Machine

[irrawd-2] 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

[3] 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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