Conflict in Myanmar - The first shots of the conflict in Paukkongyi

Time: Thursday Apr 1, 1948

Place: Paukkongyi, Bago Region, Myanmar

Details: On 2 April 1948, the CPB (the Communist Party of Burma) fired the first shots of the conflict in Paukkongyi, Pegu Region (present-day Bago Region).

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