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'''Myebon''' ({{lang-my|မြေပုံမြို့}}) is the principal town of [[Myebon Township]] of [[Sittwe District]] in [[Rakhine State]], [[Myanmar]] (Burma). In the 2014 census, the town had a population of 137,193.<ref name="City" />
'''Myebon''' ({{lang-my|မြေပုံမြို့}} [[Myebon Township]]) is a town of [[Mrauk-U District]] in [[Rakhine State]], [[Myanmar]] (Burma). In the 2014 census, the population of the town is 137,193.<ref name="City" />

On 12 January 1945, troops of [[XV Corps (British India)| XV Corps ]] and [[3 Commando Brigade (United Kingdom)|3rd Commando Brigade]] launched an amphibious assault on the Myebon peninsula, with the support of tanks, aircraft and naval gunfire as part of flanking moves to intercept and defeat the retreating troops of the [[Twenty-Eighth Army (Japan)|Japanese Twenty-Eighth Army]] in the [[Burma_campaign#Southern_front_1944-1945|Southern front of the Burma Campaign]] in World War II. Myebon village was attacked and secured the next day.<ref name="St George Saunders">{{cite book |last1=St George Saunders |first1=Hilary Aidan |title=The Green Beret: The Story of the Commandos, Combined Operations, 1940–1945 |date=1949 |publisher=Michael Joseph |pages=343-345}}</ref>

On 15 February 2024 the [[Arakan Army]] captured the town from the [[Tatmadaw]] during the [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|Myanmar civil war]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolf |first=Jessy |date=2024-02-16 |title=Arakan Army captures another Rakhine State town, warns locals clashes may continue |url=https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/arakan-army-captures-another-rakhine-state-town-warns-locals-clashes-may-continue/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Myanmar Now |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Myanmar’s Military on The Defensive in Rakhine State |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-military-on-the-defensive-in-rakhine-state-brotherhood-alliance.html}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 03:50, 5 July 2024

Myebon
မြေပုံမြို့
Town
Myebon is located in Myanmar
Myebon
Myebon
Location in Myanmar (Burma)
Coordinates: 20°3′0″N 93°22′0″E / 20.05000°N 93.36667°E / 20.05000; 93.36667
Country Myanmar
Division Rakhine State
DistrictMrauk-U District
TownshipMyebon Township
Population
 (2014 census)
137,193[1]
Time zoneUTC+06:30 (MMT)

Myebon (Burmese: မြေပုံမြို့ Myebon Township) is a town of Mrauk-U District in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). In the 2014 census, the population of the town is 137,193.[1]

On 12 January 1945, troops of XV Corps and 3rd Commando Brigade launched an amphibious assault on the Myebon peninsula, with the support of tanks, aircraft and naval gunfire as part of flanking moves to intercept and defeat the retreating troops of the Japanese Twenty-Eighth Army in the Southern front of the Burma Campaign in World War II. Myebon village was attacked and secured the next day.[2]

On 15 February 2024 the Arakan Army captured the town from the Tatmadaw during the Myanmar civil war.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Myebon (Township, Myanmar) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  2. ^ St George Saunders, Hilary Aidan (1949). The Green Beret: The Story of the Commandos, Combined Operations, 1940–1945. Michael Joseph. pp. 343–345.
  3. ^ Wolf, Jessy (2024-02-16). "Arakan Army captures another Rakhine State town, warns locals clashes may continue". Myanmar Now. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  4. ^ "Myanmar's Military on The Defensive in Rakhine State".
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