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Post-WWII Paramilitary Group in Burma
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The People's Volunteer Organisation (Burmese: ပြည်သူ့ရဲဘော်တပ်; Pyithu Yèbaw Tat) was a 50,000-strong Burmese pro-independence paramilitary force founded by Aung San shortly after the August 1945 Japanese surrender. Disguised as a veterans' association, the PVO drilled and trained for a hypothetical revolution against the British authorities in Burma.

The PVO dissolved on 4 January 1948 when Burma was granted independence under the Burma Independence Act 1947.

References

  1. Prager-Nyein, Susanne (7 September 2015). "The birth of Burma's modern army". endofempire.asia. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. "Aung San". britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. Martin Smith (1991). Burma – Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity. London and New Jersey: Zed Books.
  4. Militias in Myanmar. John Buchanan. July 2016. The Asia Foundation. Page 6
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