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3 unusual facts about Monywa


Battle of Elephant Point

On 22 March, as the joint battles of Meiktila and Mandalay were drawing to a close, a conference was held at Monywa in Burma, attended by senior Allied military figures including Admiral Lord Mountbatten, the commander in chief of the Allied South East Asia Command, and General William Slim, commander of Fourteenth Army.

Kyiso

Kyiso was an avid hunter, and was killed in a hunting accident near Monywa.

Lu Tin

Lu Tin was born in 1930 in Monywa in northwestern Burma, son of a mason, and entered a monastery for his education.


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