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    Yenangyaung (Burmese: ရေနံချောင်း; literally "stream of oil") is a city in the Magway Region of central Myanmar, located on the Irrawaddy River and 363...
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    The Battle of Yenangyaung (Chinese: 仁安羌大捷; pinyin: Rén'ānqiāng Dàjié; lit. 'Great Victory at Yenangyaung') was fought in Burma (now Myanmar) from 16 to...
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    Yenangyaung Township (Burmese: ရေနံချောင်းမြို့နယ်) is a township of Magway District in the Magway Division of Myanmar. Yenangyaung is bordered on the...
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    Victory of Yenangyaung, also known as the Monument to the Battle of Yenangyaung,is a monument that commemorates the Battle of Yenangyaung, which took...
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  • The Yenangyaung University (Burmese: ရေနံချောင်းတက္ကသိုလ်) is a university, located in Yenangyaung, Magway Region, Myanmar. The Regional College of Yenangyaung...
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    They are Minbu District, Thayet District and Yenangyaung District. Magway was a township of Yenangyaung District until 1974. On 2 March 1962, the military...
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    Pakokku. The major cities of Magway Division are Magway, Pakokku, Aunglan, Yenangyaung, Taungdwingyi, Chauk, Minbu, Thayet and Gangaw. Magway Region sits approximately...
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    soldiers were encircled by the Japanese 33rd Division during the Battle of Yenangyaung and rescued by the Chinese 38th Division. Japanese forces also achieved...
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    superiority and fear". Crude oil production, an indigenous industry of Yenangyaung, was taken over by the British and put under Burmah Oil monopoly. British...
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  • 1942 Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road March 1942 Battle of Toungoo Battle of Yenangyaung Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi April 1942 Battle of West Hubei May 1943 Battle...
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    Burma discovered a flourishing oil extraction industry in the town of Yenangyaung in 1795. The area had hundreds of hand-dug oil wells under the hereditary...
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    forces trapped by the numerically superior Japanese in the Battle of Yenangyaung. His command included British artillery and 7th Armoured Brigade (United...
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    on a wide front. The 28th East African Brigade made a feint towards Yenangyaung to distract the Japanese 72nd Brigade while another brigade attacked...
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    relief of 7,000 British forces trapped by the Japanese in the Battle of Yenangyaung. He then reconquered North Burma and re-established the land route to...
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  • Poongali Bridge) 18 Medium Regiment 22 Medium Regiment (Sittang and Yenangyaung) 23 Field Regiment (Ad Tecleasan and OP Hill) 24 Field Regiment (Self...
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    soldiers were encircled by the Japanese 33rd Division during the Battle of Yenangyaung and rescued by the Chinese 38th Division. After the Doolittle Raid, the...
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    the British Eastern Fleet, resulting in heavy British losses Battle of Yenangyaung 11–19 April China, the UK and British India defeat Japan Battle of Nanos...
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  • to join Burcorps around Prome in the Irrawaddy Valley and cover the Yenangyaung oilfields. On 26 March Burcorps was ordered to stage a demonstration...
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    primarily to obtain raw materials (which included oil from fields around Yenangyaung, minerals and large surpluses of rice), and to close off the Burma Road...
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    soldiers were encircled by the Japanese 33rd Division during the Battle of Yenangyaung and rescued by the Chinese 38th Division, led by Sun Li-jen. Meanwhile...
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  • Whampoa Military Academy, best known for his leadership in the Battle of Yenangyaung. Liu was born Liu Jishu (Chinese: 劉繼樞) in Renyi Town of Guiyang County...
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    Burma's own natural resources (which included some oil from fields around Yenangyaung, but also minerals such as cobalt and large surpluses of rice), but also...
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    Road Battle of Tachiao Battle of Oktwin Battle of Toungoo Battle of Yenangyaung Burma Campaign 1942–43 Arakan Campaign 1942–1943 Chindits Raid Burma...
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  • Government Technical Institute (Yenangyaung) YGTI (Burmese: အစိုးရစက်မှုလက်မှုသိပ္ပံ (ရေနံချောင်း)) is a college under the Department of Technical, Vocational...
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    to Myanmar documented a flourishing oil extraction industry based in Yenangyaung that, in 1795, had hundreds of hand-dug wells under production. Merkwiller-Pechelbronn...
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    prisoners and civilians were encircled by the Japanese 33rd Division at Yenangyaung. 19 April 1942 The 113th Regiment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's...
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  • 1958 in Yenangyaung. She is the third child of U Thaung and Daw Nyein, having five siblings. She graduated from the high school at Yenangyaung in 1975...
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    soldiers were encircled by the Japanese 33rd Division during the Battle of Yenangyaung and rescued by the Chinese 38th Division. The retreat was conducted in...
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  • Magway Township Myothit Township Natmauk Township Taungdwingyi Township Yenangyaung Township Minbu District Minbu Township Ngape Township Pwintbyu Township...
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    workers on strike hiked all the way from the oilfields of Chauk and Yenangyaung in central Burma to Rangoon to establish a strike camp at the Shwedagon...
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