battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Mogaung

Name: Battle of Mogaung
Start: 1944-06-04
Location: Mogaung, Myanmar

Battle of Mogaung was a battle fought on 4 June 1944 at Mogaung, in what is now Myanmar; it lasted 23 days. The recorded result: Allied victory. Recorded strength: 3,500 men against 4,000 men.

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Fought4 June 1944lasted 23 days

WhereMogaung, Myanmar25.300N, 96.933E

OutcomeAllied victory

BelligerentsUnited Kingdom; Republic of China (1912–49); Air Support: United StatesagainstJapan

Casualties and losses776and1,600

Record

Date	4 June 1944 to 27 June 1944
Place	Mogaung, Myanmar 25.300N, 96.933E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	3,500 men	4,000 men
Casualties and losses	776	1,600
Commanders	Mike Calvert

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan 1943, 275 km S
Battle of the Tennis Court 1944, 287 km W
Battle of Kohima 1944, 287 km W
Battle of Goteik Gorge 1767, 300 km S
Battle of Imphal 1944, 305 km W

Elsewhere in 1944

Battle of Mogaung is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 34 in present-day Myanmar.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q96373265, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mogaung, revision 1383371614, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.