Sittaung River (Burmese: စစ်တောင်းမြစ် [sɪʔ táʊɰ̃ mjɪʔ]; formerly, the Sittang or Sittoung) is a river in south central Myanmar in Bago Division. The...

The Battle of Sittang Bridge was part of the Burma campaign during the Second World War. Fought on 22 and 23 February 1942, the battle was a victory for...

The Battle of the Sittang Bend and the Japanese Breakout across Pegu Yomas were linked Japanese military operations during the Burma Campaign, which took...

form that occurs worldwide in warm temperate and tropical waters, and the Sittang or Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni, Anderson, 1879) is a smaller form...

three further units are cap badged as Royal Gurkha Rifles: Gurkha Company (Sittang) Gurkha Wing (Mandalay) Gurkha Company (Tavoleto) These three are formed...

outflanked. The division eventually retreated toward the bridge over the Sittang River in general disorder. The retreat was delayed by incidents such as...

Regiment (Zojila and Poongali Bridge) 18 Medium Regiment 22 Medium Regiment (Sittang and Yenangyaung) 23 Field Regiment (Ad Tecleasan and OP Hill) 24 Field...

they were one of four battalions chosen to fight as the rearguard at the Sittang River, which formed the border with India. When the bridge over the river...

which had been isolated in Southern Burma attempted to escape across the Sittang River, suffering heavy casualties. As the monsoon rains ended late in 1944...

1942, and then drove outnumbered British and Indian troops towards the Sittang River. On 23 February, a bridge over the river was demolished prematurely...

Personnel Support Company Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas Gurkha Company (Sittang), Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Gurkha Wing (Mandalay), Infantry Battle...

support for the colleges and their training: Gurkha Demonstration Company (Sittang): this is a company-sized unit drawn from all units of the Brigade of Gurkhas...

Toungoo controlled the road north toward Mandalay and the bridge over the Sittang River that carried the road east to the Karenni States and north to Loikaw...

Johore, Singapore Island, Malaya 1941–42, North Arakan, Irrawaddy, Magwe, Sittang 1945, Point 1433, Arakan Beaches, Myebon, Tanbingon, Tamandu, Chindits...

following sections of this line was extended to Mandalay in 1889. In 1896, The Sittang Valley State Railway was merged with the Burma Railway Company. Yangon...

devastating in tandem with Spitfires during the Japanese breakout attempt at the Sittang Bend in the final months of the war. The Thunderbolts were armed with three...

the Sittang, although the entire army could muster the strength of barely a regiment. On 3 July, they attacked British positions in the "Sittang Bend"...

22 Medium Regiment (Sittang and Yenang Yaung) is part of the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1920 as 8 Pack Artillery Brigade...

the regiment to participate in the Burma campaign. During the Battle of Sittang Bridge, he is wounded in action but survives and is awarded the Military...

vigorously all the way. In November the battalion crossed the Chindwin River at Sittang, captured Pinlebu and saw some very hard fighting on the Swebo Plain. The...

Company Catterick at the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick Gurkha Company (Sittang) at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Gurkha Wing (Mandalay) at the...

February 19–23 – WWII: Battle of Sittang Bridge: Indian forces of the 17th Division are ordered to defend the Sittang Bridge, but eventually blow up the...

to a decisive victory for Japan immediately afterwards at the Battle of Sittang Bridge. Brigadier Sir John George Smyth, V.C.—who commanded 17th Infantry...

scheme to raise the minority Karen people in the Karen Hills between the Sittang and Salween Rivers. The first Jeds to go on Character operations were flown...

from the 4th Battalion, trained as airborne troops, was dropped near the Sittang River behind Japanese lines. The 1st Battalion, as part of Lushai Brigade...

of sisorid catfish endemic to Myanmar where it occurs in the Irrawaddy, Sittang and lower Salween River basins. This species grows to a length of 15.8...

full retreat to Irrawaddy River in April 1945. During the Battle of the Sittang Bend in July-August 1945, it suffered over 50% losses from enemy shellfire...

the section crossing the Sittang River is the old line which ran via Nyaung Khar Shey. In 1962 the new line crossing the Sittang River was opened further...

Hemibagrus microphthalmus is a species of catfish found in the Irrawaddy, Sittang and Salween rivers of India, Myanmar and Thailand. H. H. Ng (2010). "Hemibagrus...

Irrawaddy River 1945, 1 Sikh Shandatgyi 1945, 1 Sikh Kama 1945, 1 Sikh Sittang 1945, 1 Sikh Post-Independence Srinagar 1947, 1 Sikh Tithwal 1948, 1 Sikh...