Indaw

Indaw
Indaw
Coordinates	24 ° 13 '  N , 96 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 24 ° 13 '  N , 96 ° 9'  E
Basic data
Country	Myanmar
region	Sagaing region
height	118 m

Indaw is a city in northern Myanmar in the Sagaing region . It is located about 2 km southeast of Lake Indaw. The Naba Junction railway junction at Naba is about 6 km northeast of the city.

history

On December 15, 1944, a jeep engine laid telephone cables on the route from Pinwe to Naba Junction

During the Second World War in 1944, during the so-called Burma Campaign, there were military clashes between the Japanese and British armed forces . The Japanese held two airfields at Indaw, the 'Indaw West Strip' and the 'Indaw Lake Strip'.

Personalities

• Ye Yint Aung (* 1998), soccer player

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ooi, Keat Gin (2004) " Chindits " Southeast Asia: A historical encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, p. 341 , ISBN 1-57607-770-5
2. ^ "Indaw West - Airfield Id: 3954" Pacific War Airfields Project
3. ^ "Indaw (Indaw Lake) - Airfield Id: 3953" Pacific War Airfields Project