Indaw ( shn, ဝဵင်းဢၢင်းတေႃႇ)is a town in northern

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, in

Sagaing Division Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...

Katha District Katha District is the northeasternmost district in Sagaing Region of Myanmar.

Indaw Township Indaw Township is a township in Katha District in the Sagaing Division of Burma.

. It is located about 2 km south-east of Indaw Lake. The rail junction at Naba is located about 6 km to the north-east of the town.

History

Rail Jeep strings signal wire on Pinwe to Naba Junction railroad in Burma

In 1944 during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, a major campaign was fought in Indaw between Japanese and British forces. The Japanese had two airfields at Indaw, the Indaw West strip and the Indaw Lake strip."Indaw (Indaw Lake) - Airfield Id:3953"
Pacific War Airfields Project

Notes

External links

"Indaw Map — Satellite Images of Indaw"
Maplandia Populated places in Katha District Township capitals of Myanmar Indaw Township {{KathaMM-geo-stub