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Burmese–Siamese wars

series of military conflicts between Burma and Siam

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ4116387 ↗
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The Burmese–Siamese wars also known as the Yodian wars (Burmese: ယိုးဒယားစစ်ပွဲများ), were a series of wars fought between Burma and Siam from the 16th to 19th centuries.

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“Burmese–Siamese wars” enters the record as series of military conflicts between Burma and Siam. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Burmese, Siamese and wars can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Burmese–Siamese wars” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.