Fall of Manerplaw

Fall of Manerplaw
Part of the Karen conflict
Date 27 January 1995 Location Manerplaw, Kayin State, Myanmar Result SLORC / DKBA victory
Belligerents
Myanmar (SLORC) DKBA	Karen National Union ABSDF
Units involved
Tatmadaw  Myanmar Army Southeastern Command	Karen National Liberation Army 6th Battalion 7th Battalion
Strength
4,000–10,000 400	Unknown
Casualties and losses
5 killed	10 killed, 50 wounded
9,000–10,000 civilians displaced

The Fall of Manerplaw occurred on 27 January 1995, when the village of Manerplaw was captured by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA). Manerplaw was the headquarters of two armed opposition groups, the Karen National Union (KNU) and the All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF).^[1][2] The final military assault by the Tatmadaw, aided by positional information provided by the DKBA, was met with little resistance by the KNLA, whose leaders had ordered a tactical retreat.^[1]