Pinwe

Pinwe (Burmese: ပင်ဝယ်ရွာ) is a village in Indaw Township, Katha District, in the Sagaing Region of northern-central Myanmar.

Pinwe
Village
Pinwe Location within Myanmar
Coordinates: 24°20′26″N 96°11′36″E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Sagaing Region
District	Katha District
Township	Indaw Township
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

The village has a railway station on the Mandalay–Myitkyina line.^[1]

History

A Bren gun team of 36th Infantry Division man a front-line position during the final assault on Pinwe, 22 November 1944.

During the Burma campaign it was the site of a three-week-long battle, which resulted in Pinwe being captured by the 36th Infantry Division, from Japanese forces, on 30 November 1944.^[2][3]