Tamandu was a village

Village

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 in Ann Township

Ann Township

Ann Township is a township of Kyaukpyu District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Ann."Ann Creek" Hydropower Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Electric Power No. 1 on Ann Creek, 3.5 miles northeast to Ann...

, Kyaukpyu District

Kyaukpyu District

Kyaukpyu District is a district of the Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The capital lies at Kyaukpyu-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Kyaukpyu Township*Manaung Township*Ramree Township*Ann Township...

, in northern Rakhine State

Rakhine State

Rakhine State is a Burmese state. Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State in the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region in the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west, and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest. It is located approximately between...

 in the westernmost part of Burma (Myanmar). Tamandu was located on the southside of the Dalet River (Dalet Chaung) just after it passes through the Kolonzin Range of hills and on the edge of the delta. , Tamandu no longer exists, the area where it was is part of Zuklaing Village Tract.

History

During World War II

World War II

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 the Japanese

Imperial Japanese Army

-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...

 maintained a strategic supply base at Tamandu. It was retaken by the 25th Infantry Division (India)

25th Infantry Division (India)

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 and the 82nd (West Africa) Division

82nd (West Africa) Division

The 82nd Division was formed under British control during World War II. It took part in the later stages of the Burma Campaign and was disbanded in Burma between May and September 1946.-Formation:...

 in March 1945 as part of the Arakan Campaign, and a number of short documentary films were made there that year. The Tamandu Barracks in Lagos, Nigeria and Tamandu Road in Kano, Nigeria were named after the village.