Anglo-Burmese Wars
| Anglo-Burmese Wars | |||||||||
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| Part of European colonization of Southeast Asia | |||||||||
Photograph of surrender of the Burmese Army, 3rd Anglo-Burmese War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
Siam (until 1826) | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Henry Godwin Garnet Wolseley Harry Prendergast William Amherst Edward Paget Archibald Campbell Joseph Morrison # Co-belligerent: Rama III Chaophraya Mahayotha Phraya Surasena Phraya Chumphon |
Bagyidaw Thibaw Min (POW) Pagan Min Maung Gyi Kyauk Lon Maha Bandula † Maha Ne Myo † Myawaddy U Sa Minkyaw Thura | ||||||||
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Presidency armies Royal Regiments Co-belligerent: Royal Siamese Army | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Around 80,000 to 100,000 (including Siamese) | 40,000 at full strength with allies, 20,000 by end of Third Anglo-Burmese War | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Heavy, 3,000 killed in action, 10,000 wounded, 20,000 died from disease | Very Heavy, Over 20,000 casualties, entire generation of fighting men destroyed | ||||||||
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The Anglo-Burmese Wars, also known as the Indo-Burmese Wars, were an armed conflict between two expanding empires, the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty, that became British Indian Empire's most expensive and longest war, costing 5–13 million pounds sterling (£400 million – £1.1 billion as of 2019) and spanning over 60 years. There were three of these wars between 1824 to 1885.