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Part of European colonisation of Southeast Asia | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
Over 50,000 (include Siamese) | Over 40,000 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown but some died by disease | Unknown |
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The Anglo-Burmese Wars were an armed conflict between two expanding empires, the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty, that became British India‘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 Burmese Wars or Anglo-Burmese Wars: