On Myanmar's Front Line

Summary by Krater

Following a civilian tour guide turned resistance fighter in Myanmar as he journeys to join the People's Defence Force (PDF) in the Kachin Hills, this documentary explores the alliance between ethnic insurgent groups and volunteer militias fighting the military junta.

From the video

Answers: What is it like on the frontline for the People's Defence Force fighting the military junta in Myanmar?

• Myanmar military coup 2021
• People's Defence Force (PDF)
• Kachin Independence Army (KIA)
• Civil disobedience movement in Myanmar
• Armed resistance in Myanmar
• Ethnic insurgent alliances in Myanmar
• Life on the frontline in Myanmar

What it concludes

• PDF volunteer groups have succeeded in putting the Myanmar military on the back foot despite chronic shortages of weapons and funding.
• Roughly 245 PDF groups are now armed and active across Myanmar, with about a third allied with ethnic armed organisations.
• The Myanmar military has started shelling and bombing civilian targets in an attempt to destroy PDF support, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
• Despite the military killing an estimated 2,300 civilians, the coalition of People's Defence Forces could transform Myanmar's future.