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Forty Years' War

Years: 1385 - 1424

The Forty Years' War (1385 – 1424; also Ava-Pegu War or the Mon-Burmese War) is a military conflict fought between the Burmese-speaking Kingdom of Ava and the Mon-speaking Kingdom of Hanthawaddy Pegu.

The war is fought during two separate periods: 1385 to 1391 and 1404 to 1424, interrupted by two truces of 1391–1404 and 1406–1407.

It s fought primarily in today's Lower Burma and also in Upper Burma, Shan State and Rakhine State.

It ends in a stalemate, preserving the independence of Hanthawaddy, and effectively ending Ava's efforts to rebuild the erstwhile Pagan Empire.

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past...Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered."

― George Orwell, 1984 (1948)