Munaoan War

## Belligerents

**Coalition Forces:**

Union of Kaungkinmyay

**Tribal Forces:**

Manang Tribe

Lanying Tribe

Guangyu Tribe

## Commanders

**Coalition Forces:**

President Khant Thurein

**Tribal Forces:**

Chief Goushi

Chief Honiou

Chief Tiejan

## Casualties

**Tribal Forces:**

~500

**Kaungkinmyay:**
159

The **Munaoan War** was a military conflict involving the Union of Kaungkinmyay against confederated tribes in eastern Munao. It officially began on 5 January 394, when the Kaungkinmyese government declared war against tribal militias, and lasted until 16 May 394. The conflict resulted in the annexation of regions along the northern coast of the Benan peninsula.

## Historical Context Prior to War

Tensions between Kaungkinmyay and ethnic Weian tribes in northern Munao had existed for several centuries prior to the war, and scattered minor conflicts had occurred throughout the late 200s and early 300s G.E. These tensions had led the Kaungkinmyese government to take a lenient approach towards illegal actions by Kaungkinmyese citizens such as settling on tribal lands and engaging in violent conflicts with local tribes.

## Outbreak of War

On 2 January 394, another minor conflict occurred between a group of Kaungkinmyese villagers and a small detachment of tribal warriors. The conflict, however, expanded on the following day when members of a local Kaungkinmyese military garrison chased the tribal warriors back to their village and proceeded to loot, burn, and steal their supplies and weapons. Upon learning of these developments, other tribes in the region began to launch attacks and raids on villages along the Kaungkinmyese border, prompting the government to deploy several military detachments to these regions. On January 5th, a village within the Kaungkinmyese region of Yaytwe was burned and its inhabitants were attacked by unidentified assailants who were presumed to be Munaoan tribesmen. Later that day, the Kaungkinmyese government officially declared that a state of war existed between itself and tribal militias to its north.

## Events of the War

On January 6th, six battalions of the Kaungkinmyese Northern Army launched a series of invasive attacks against tribal lands in eastern Munao. By the end of the day, they had reached the Yingtou mountain range. These advances, however, were short-lived as tribal warriors utilized guerilla warfare tactics to destroy military encampments and weaken supply lines. By January 15th, Kaungkinmyese soldiers were ordered to take up defensive positions along Rendewa Lake, just north of the Kaungkinmyese border.

The conflict officially ended on April 16th, when a series of treaties and agreements were signed by representatives of Kaungkinmyay, the Manang Tribe, the Lanying Tribe, and the Guangyu Tribe respectively. These treaties led regions in eastern Munao to be annexed by Kaungkinmyay and caused a buffer zone to be established between Kaungkinmyay and remaining tribal lands in western Munao. The reputation of the League of Sovereign States, which had already been greatly damaged by its previous inability to prevent interstate conflicts, was left permanently damaged by the Munaoan War and its members would vote to formally dissolve the organization on May 20th.