Anglo-Burmese Wars

Belligerents

United Kingdom

• East India Company (until 1858)
• India (from 1858)

Co-belligerent:
Siam (until 1826)

Burma

• Shan States

Commanders and leadersHenry Godwin
Garnet Wolseley
Harry Prendergast
William Amherst
Edward Paget
Archibald Campbell
Joseph Morrison#
Co-belligerent:
Rama III

Phraya Surasena
Phraya ChumphonBagyidaw
Thibaw Min(POW)
Pagan Min
Maung Gyi
Kyauk Lon
Maha Bandula†
Maha Ne Myo†
Myawaddy U Sa
Units involvedPresidency armies
Royal Regiments
Co-belligerent:
Royal Siamese Army

Royal Burmese armed forces

• Shan Levies

Strength Around 80,000 to 100,000 (including Siamese) 40,000 at full strength with allies, 20,000 by end of Third Anglo-Burmese WarCasualties and losses Over 3,000 killed in action, 10,000 wounded, 20,000 died from disease Over 20,000 casualties, entire generation of fighting men destroyed

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 and 1885.