People's Volunteer Organisation Explained

The People's Volunteer Organisation (Burmese: ပြည်သူ့ရဲဘော်တပ်; Pyithu Yèbaw Tat) was a 50,000-strong Burmese pro-independence paramilitary force founded by Aung San shortly after the August 1945 Japanese surrender. Disguised as a veterans' association, the PVO drilled and trained for a hypothetical revolution against the British authorities in Burma.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The PVO dissolved on 4 January 1948 when Burma was granted independence under the Burma Independence Act 1947.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The birth of Burma's modern army. Prager-Nyein. Susanne. endofempire.asia. 7 September 2015. 2 January 2019. 12 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512103357/http://www.endofempire.asia/0907-the-birth-of-burmas-modern-army-3/. live.
2. Web site: Aung San. britannica.com. 1 January 2019. 2 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190102051419/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aung-San#ref86513. live.
3. Book: Martin Smith. 1991. Burma – Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity. Zed Books. London and New Jersey.
4. https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Militias-in-Myanmar.pdf Militias in Myanmar