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55 Light Infantry Battalion [+] Print this page

Also known as: Battalion 55| Light Battalion 55| Light Infantry Battalion 55| No 55 Infantry Regiment [+]

Country: Myanmar [+]

Classified as: Army  Military [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Buthidaung Township [+] 2 October 2009 [+]
Maungdaw Township [+] 2 October 2009 [+]
Paletwa Township [+] 2 October 2009 [+]
Paletwa Township [+] 20 March 2009 [+] 3 January 2011 [+]
Buthidaung Township [+] 20 March 2009 [+]
Maungdaw Township [+] 20 March 2009 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Thandwe [+] 13 October 2009 [+]
Ngapali [+] 1995 [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
11 April 2017 Security Force Monitor This unit is a placeholder to represent the hierarchical structure of this branch of the security service, based on the Security Force Monitor's research, as the Monitor does not currently have a source for a parent relationship to a specific, named unit
05 January 2011 Democratic Voice of Burma Arakanese rebels attack Burma army 22 May 2018
2009 Building the Tatmadaw : Myanmar armed forces since 1948 Building the Tatmadaw : Myanmar armed forces since 1948 16 May 2018
2002 Burma's armed forces : power without glory Burma's armed forces : power without glory 10 May 2018
13 October 2009 Kaladan Press Bangladesh Army chief visits Bangladesh-Burma border 24 May 2018
20 March 2009 Narinjara News Agency Eleven army battalions deployed to erect border fence 23 May 2018
21 November 2017 The Irrawady AA Says 2 Members Killed, At Least 4 Wounded in Latest Round of Fighting 16 May 2018
20 October 2015 Myanmar Times Max Myanmar sells two beach hotels to Amazing Group 18 June 2018