Communist insurgency in Burma | ||||||||
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Part of the Cold War and the internal conflict in Burma | ||||||||
![]() A delegation from the Communist Party of Burma returning by foot to their bases in the countryside after the failed 1963 peace talks. | ||||||||
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Burmese Army |
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Strength | ||||||||
![]() | 10,000 | |||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
1,352 killed (government estimate in 1952) | Unknown | 741 killed | ||||||
3,424 killed in total excluding KMT (government estimate in 1952) |
The communist insurgency in Burma (present-day Myanmar) was waged primarily by the Communist Party of Burma (abbr. CPB; colloquially the "white flags") and the Communist Party (Burma) ("red flags") from 1948 to 1989. The conflict ended when the CPB, severely weakened by an internal mutiny, disbanded its armed wing.
From the mid-1960s until Mao's death, China's extensive support for the CPB heralded a more extensive militarisation of the state's opponents.
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