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Name: Ta'ang National Liberation Army

Type: Polity

Start: 2021 AD

End: 2025 AD

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The Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) is an armed group representing the Ta'ang (Palaung) people in northern Myanmar.

Establishment


  • February 2021: Territories controlled by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army at the start of the civil war.
  • Chronology


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    1. Internal conflict in Myanmar


    A series of primarily ethnic conflicts within Myanmar that began shortly after the country, then known as Burma, became independent from the United Kingdom in 1948.

    1.1.Myanmar Civil War

    In response to the 2021 coup d'état by the Armed Forces of Myanmar, several ethnical and political factions of Myanmar started a rebellion against the Myanmar Government. The National Unity Government and its military wing, the People's Defence Force, ist the most important political faction fighting against the Military Junta. The Myanmar Civil War, however, involves many ethnical factions whose aim is either more autonomy from the central government or independence.

  • October 2024: The TNLA declared captures the city of Hsipaw.

  • 1.1.1.Operation 1027

    Is an offensive conducted by the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a military coalition composed of three ethnic armed organisations in Myanmar: the Arakan Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)

  • October 2023: Reports indicated that the TNLA captured junta's 13 Mile Camp and Microweave Camp on the Namhkam-Namphatka Road in Namhkam Township.
  • October 2023: A TNLA-led force, alongside Mandalay PDF forces, attacked a junta camp in Kyaukkyan village-
  • November 2023: The Brotherhood Alliance claimed to be in "complete control" of both Chinshwehaw and Hsenwi.
  • November 2023: Namhkam was taken by the TNLA.
  • November 2023: The TNLA captured a Kyinti military base on a bridge near Hsipaw.
  • November 2023: The military launched a successful offensive to retake their Sakhan Thit Kone base in Namhkam Township.
  • November 2023: The TNLA retook their Mine Kyat base in Lashio Township.
  • December 2023: On 7 December, the town of Monglon in Kyaukme township was seized by the TNLA.
  • December 2023: The Ta'ang National Liberation Army seized the town of Namhsan after around two weeks of fighting.
  • December 2023: On 18 December, anti-junta forces fully gained control of Namkham and the surrounding Namhkam Township.
  • December 2023: TNLA captured Mantong in the evening of 22 December, completely capturing the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone.
  • December 2023: On 29 December, the TNLA took control of Namtu prompting junta forces to bombard the town.
  • December 2023: On 31 December, the TNLA seized Mongngaw town in Kyaukme township.
  • January 2024: On 7 January, the Brotherhood Alliance claimed that it had captured Kutkai and Hsenwi on midnight after seizing junta military posts in the towns.
  • January 2024: On 21 January, after several days of fighting, allied resistance captured Mabein.
  • June 2024: On 26 June, Nawnghkio was captured by PDF and TNLA forces, and most of Kyaukme also fell to rebel forces.
  • June 2024: It was reported that the TNLA had entered eastern areas of Mogok.
  • June 2024: By 28 June, the TNLA had captured Kyaukme and continued attacking the junta bases around the town.
  • July 2024: On 6 July, the MNDAA captured Nampawng village south of Lashio, encircling the town.
  • July 2024: On 24 July, the TNLA announced that it had fully captured the city of Mogok
  • July 2024: On 31 July, TNLA forces took complete control over Mongmit after capturing the last junta in the town.
  • August 2024: The rebels took full control of the city of Lashio.

  • 1.1.2.Operation Taungthaman

    Is a military offensive launched by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), directed by the People's Defence Force (PDF) focused in Madaya Township of Mandalay Region.

  • November 2023: By 28 November, PDF and TNLA forces reported the capture of a junta base of around 120 soldiers in Madaya Township.

  • Selected Sources


  • https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/short-news/2023/11/12/376307.html
  • https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/tnla-claims-it-captured-another-town-on-china-highwaynews/
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