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Pinwe

Coordinates: 24°20′26″N 96°11′36″E / 24.340667°N 96.193389°E / 24.340667; 96.193389
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Pinwe
Pinwe is located in Myanmar
Pinwe
Pinwe
Location within Myanmar
Coordinates: 24°20′26″N 96°11′36″E / 24.340667°N 96.193389°E / 24.340667; 96.193389
Country Myanmar
RegionSagaing Region
DistrictKatha District
TownshipIndaw Township
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MST)

Pinwe (Burmese: ပင်ဝယ်ရွာ) is a village in Indaw Township, Katha District, in the Sagaing Region of northern-central Myanmar.

The village has a railway station on the Mandalay–Myitkyina line.[1]

History

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A Bren gun team of 36th Infantry Division man a front-line position during the final assault on Pinwe, 22 November 1944.

During the Burma campaign it was the site of a three-week-long battle, which resulted in Pinwe being captured by the 36th Infantry Division, from Japanese forces, on 30 November 1944.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "34-down train derails between Mawlu and Pinwe stations" (PDF). Vol. XX, Number 156. New Light of Myanmar. 23 September 2012.
  2. ^ McLynn, Frank (2011). The Burma campaign : disaster into triumph, 1942-45. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-17836-4. OCLC 758389529.
  3. ^ Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Volumes 25-26 (1944), p. 383