2015 Kokang offensive | |||||||||
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Part of Internal conflict in Myanmar | |||||||||
![]() Location of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone (green) within Shan State (yellow). | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
Unknown | Initial 1,000; later 3,000–4,000 total with reinforcements[1] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
26 killed 59 wounded[2] |
80–90 killed 200+ wounded[2][3][4][5] | ||||||||
~200 killed in total Over 50,000 civilians displaced |
The 2015 Kokang offensive was a series of military operations launched by the Myanmar Army in 2015 in Kokang in northern Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). Several clashes between the Myanmar Army and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army had taken place from February to May 2015.