Polity Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army

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The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) is an armed group operating in the Kokang region of Myanmar, primarily composed of ethnic Han Chinese.

Establishment

  • February 2021: Territories controlled by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance 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.

  • February 2021: Territories controlled by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army at the start of the civil war.

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: The MNDAA reportedly had seized control of the town of Chinshwehaw.
  • October 2023: the MNDAA ambushed junta soldiers and seized three junta outposts in the town of Mong Ko.
  • November 2023: By 2 November 92 junta bases and four towns had been captured by the Brotherhood Alliance and its allies.
  • November 2023: Peng Hseng, a border town east of Muse, also came under alliance control.
  • November 2023: The city of Mong Ko along the China-Myanmar border was captured by the MNDAA.
  • November 2023: The town of Khampat in Sagaing Region was taken by the PDF.
  • November 2023: The junta lost control of the city of Kunlong.
  • November 2023: Military bases on the western bank of the Salween River in Kunlong were taken by the MNDAA and both sides of the town came under its control.
  • November 2023: The MNDAA announced that they had captured the Kyin San Kyawt border crossing in Muse District.
  • November 2023: On 29 November, it was reported that the MNDAA had captured the town of Konkyan in the Kokang SAZ.
  • December 2023: On 1 December, the MNDAA started penetrating the Tong Chain neighbourhood in southeastern Laukkai, beginning the Battle of Laukkai.
  • December 2023: On 6 December, the MNDAA captured the military outpost on Four Buddhist Statues Hill immediately south of Laukkai.
  • December 2023: On 19 December, the MNDAA gained control of the Yanlonkyaing border gate and the Border Point 125 IDP camp on the Chinese border with Nansan, Yunnan, north of Laukkai.
  • January 2024: On 5 January, the MNDAA gained full control of Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone