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This is a list of wars that involve Myanmar
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Nanzhao invasion of Pyu city states | Pyu city states | Nanzhao Kingdom | Defeat [1] | |
Anawrahta conquest of Shan Hills | Pagan Kingdom | Nanzhao Kingdom Shan States | Victory [2] | |
Anawrahta conquest of Thaton | Pagan Kingdom | Thaton Kingdom | Victory [3] | |
Anawrahta conquest of Arakan | Pagan Kingdom | Arakan | Victory | |
Polonnaruwa–Pagan War (1165–1181) | Polonnaruwa victory | |||
First Mongol invasion of Burma (1277–1287) (part of the Mongol invasions and Kublai Khan's campaigns) | Mongol victory
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Second Mongol invasion of Burma (1300-1301) (part of the Mongol invasions) | Burmese victory | ||
Forty Years' War (1385–1423) | Ava | ![]() | Stalemate
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Mrauk U invasion of Chittagong (1530–1666) | Arakanese victory
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Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549) (part of the Burmese–Siamese wars) |
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Burmese–Siamese War (1563–1564) (part of the Burmese–Siamese wars) | Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) | Burmese victory | |
Toungoo–Ava War (1538–1545) (part of the Wars of Toungoo Empire) | Ava Kingdom Contents | Toungoo Kingdom Portuguese contingent | Toungoo victory
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Burmese resistance (1885-1895) | British victory
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Japanese invasion of Burma (1941–1942) (part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II) | |
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Burma campaign (1942–1943) (part of the Burma campaign of World War II) | Axis victory: |
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Burma campaign (1944) (part of the Burma campaign of World War II) | ![]() | Allied victory |
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Burma Campaign (1944–1945) (part of the Burma campaign of World War II) | Allies ![]()
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Internal conflict in Myanmar (1948–present) |
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Campaign at the China–Burma Border (1960–1961) (part of the Cold War in Asia) | Victory
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Operation Sunrise (February 2019–June 2019) (part of the Insurgency in Northeast India) | | Victory
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Myanmar civil war (2021–present) (part of the Myanmar conflict) | Other organisations
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