Battle of Kachinthay

24°42′44″N 97°29′18″E / 24.712117°N 97.488365°E / 24.712117; 97.488365Result InconclusiveBelligerents

Kachin Independence Army

People's Defense Force

State Administration CouncilStrength Unknown 100+Casualties and losses Unknown Unknown

Myanmar civil war

Prelude

Theater

Chin
Dry Zone

Early violence and clashes

Attempted assassination of Bai Yingneng
Hlaingthaya
Alaw Bum
Kalay
Theemuhta
Kale
Taze
Bago
Naungmon
Thaw Le Hta
Mindat
Muse
Mandalay
Myin Thar
Myawaddy
Tabayin
1st Loikaw
1st Demoso

2021–22 dry season campaign

Kachinthay
Yangon
Lay Kay Kaw
Hnan Khar
Mo So
Chindwin River
Kat Hmaw
Kanhtuma
Mobye
2nd Demoso
2nd Loikaw
Mindat–Matupi
Thantlang

2022 monsoon season campaign

2022–23 dry season campaign

Kawkareik
Killing of Saw Tun Moe
Hpakant
Ti Bwar
Thandaung
Chaung-U
Mohnyin & Banmauk
Tambru
Moe Tarr Lay
Sagaing offensive
(Tar Taing
Pazigyi)
Pinlaung
Mese
Shwe Kokko
Let Khat Taung

2023 monsoon season campaign

2023–24 dry season campaign

Taungthaman
1027 (Chinshwehaw • Namhsan • Laukkai • Rakhine • Lashio)
1107 (1111)
Kyindwe
Kanan
Kawlin
0307
Thar Dar
Myawaddy
Akyi Pan Pa Lun
Buthidaung
Byian Phyu
Assassination of Sayadaw Munindabhivamsa

The Battle of Kachinthay (Burmese: ကချင်သေတိုက်ပွဲ) was a clash between a joint KIA-PDF force and the Myanmar military. Although the reason for the firefight is unknown, the military supposedly believed that the KIA was planning to infiltrate the Sagaing Region.^[1] During the battle, the Myanmar Army used artillery.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Military deploys Russian-made fighter jets against KIA targets November 29, 2021. Nyein Swe. Myanmar Now
^ ကချင် နောင်လွတ်မှာ စစ်တပ်က လေကြောင်းသုံး တိုက်ခိုက် November 26, 2021. Radio Free Asia
^ ရွှေကူမြို့နယ်တွင် စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်ဖွဲ့ကို KIA နှင့် PDF တို့ ပူးပေါင်းတိုက်ခိုက် November 25, 2021. Kachin News Group