Monument of the Great Victory of Yenangyaung
The Battle of Yenangyaung was fought in Burma from 16 to 19 April 1942. As part of the Burma Campaign of World War II, the battle was fought between Chinese and British allied forces on one side and Japanese forces on the other.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Monument
- Description: war memorial in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Monument to the Great Victory of Yenangyaung”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yenangyaung.
Yenangyaung
Town
Photo: Ninjastrikers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yenangyaung is a city in the Magway Region of central Myanmar, located on the Irrawaddy River and 363 miles from Yangon. Until 1974, it remained the capital city of both Minbu Division and Yenangyaung District. Yenangyaung is situated 3 miles southwest of Monument of the Great Victory of Yenangyaung.
Monument of the Great Victory of Yenangyaung
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Yenangyaung Township, Magway District, Magway Region, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
20.49492° or 20° 29′ 42″ northLongitude
94.90253° or 94° 54′ 9″ eastInception
2013Height
50 feet (15 metres)Open location code
7MGPFWV3+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1314901411OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q15888719
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In Other Languages
“Monument of the Great Victory of Yenangyaung” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “仁安羌大捷紀念碑”
- Chinese: “仁安羌大捷纪念碑”
- Chinese: “緬甸仁安羌大捷紀念碑”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monument of the Great Victory of Yenangyaung”. Photo: Yarzaryeni, CC BY-SA 4.0.