On March 27, 1945, the Tatmadaw led by General Aung San officially declared war on the fascist Japanese and launched a revolutionary attack, so it is designated as Fascist Revolution Day. However, after the army led by General Nay Win gained national power in various ways, during the military rule, March 27 was changed to Tatmadaw Day.
In addition, when they once took the oath of allegiance, instead of the slogan “Salute to General Aung San and the martyred leaders”, they deleted the name of General Aung San and changed the slogan to “The fallen martyr leader”. An army called “People is the mother… People is the father” has been changed under the title “Army is the Mother and Army is the mother”. Leaving the public like that, In addition to trying to change history, the military has begun to face a situation that has never been seen in history because it has taken the power of the country unfairly.
Once upon a time, before the military seized power, the annual military parade was held regularly with approximately 10,000 soldiers who are fully equipped military equipments. In addition, there were no female soldiers at that time, as there are now. It was only in 2014-15 that women officers, sergeants, soldiers, etc. were opened and strengthened.
So in 2024, regarding the sightings of the military parade held by the military on March 27, although it was reported as 7,790. It is known that there are only few more than 6,000 soldiers. Among the 6,000-soldiers, about 3,000 women and soldiers who did not fight in the armed forces were called up and asked to march. In fact, before the seizure of power, every situation, including additional women, The army is about 15,000 strong and is in a position to show its military power calmly.
Morover, the military parade was not held early in the morning as before. Changing at night is also a peculiarity. The main reason is that after the military coup, Marshal’s law is declared in almost every townships, so the lack of military strength may not be perceived by the public and observers. In other words, a military family briefly organizes a mandatory event. It was managed only with the military community. In addition, it was held at night. As in previous years, the pairs of rocket, tanks, armored vehicles and the modern weapons they had purchased are not revealed.
On March 27, 2023, military leader Min Aung Hlaing said, “PDF and EROs will be decisively defeated.” A year later, on March 27th 2024, Min Aung Hlaing said “The international community should not encourage and support the CRPH, NUG, PDF and NLD, and the troops should sacrifice their lives to protect them and speed up security issues to allow them to vote freely.”. As you can see that they are talking unwise words shakily and finding a way out holding the election, after they realized it is the only way out.
In addition, in 79th annual military parade, military leader Min Aung Hlaing announced “With the help of military conscription law and the army’s reserve force law, Myanmar military army will strong again.” He said that he would recover the lost areas, but did not include the vague statement that ethnic forces would be eradicated and attacked as in previous years. In fact, Min Aung Hlaing himself became aware of the destruction of forces within the army, so he said that the two laws, such as the Militia Conscription Law and the Reserve Force Law, were aimed at remedying the destruction of forces within the army and regaining the lost areas.
A country’s military parade is a display of military strength and military equipment of an army in that country. On the once-a-year Army Day (actually Fascist Revolution Day), we can see that the entire army, including the soldiers at the bottom, shamelessly and silently celebrated because of the incompetence of the generals, including Min Aung Hlaing, who led the army.
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