Thakins

The Dobama Asiayone ( "We - Burmans Association ") was a nationalist movement in Burma in the 1930s. It was founded in 1930 in the wake of the Dockarbeiterstreiks and the anti-Indian unrest and united soon many long-standing members of the nationalist Young Men's Buddhists Association ( YMBA ) and the General Council of Burmese Associations ( GCBA ), including Kodaw Hmaing, U Soe Thein and Ba being the most the foundation is attributed. Aung San, who later paved the way for the independence of Burma from Britain, the movement joined after the student strike of 1936.

Dobama can also " We Burmans " (as ethnicity) as " We Burmans " (as nationality) or " our Burma " mean. The union turned against the British colonial rule, promoted the preservation of Burmese traditions and called for boycotts of Indian and Chinese traders in favor of domestic products. Their motto was " Burma the Burmese ." It was driven mainly by students of the University of Rangoon, which were organized in the All Burma Youth League ( ABYL ). The members called themselves Thakins. Thakin ( "Lord, Master ") was the title, which was actually reserved for the British colonialists. The Dobama Asiayone is therefore often referred to as Thakin movement.

Within the movement, there were two different trends: the majority Thein Maung and to Kodaw Hmaing oriented against the backdrop of the rise of Mussolini and Hitler in Europe to fascist or authoritarian role models in building the movement. Others around Ba Being and Doing Ok followed socialist or communist ideas. However, the differences were less ideological than personal nature in the core, and towards the end of the 1930s, the factions of Maung Thein and Ba were being increasingly towards openly hostile.

After the riots of 1938 and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, many leaders of the movement were arrested Thakin; same time, the war seemed to provide an opportunity to take action against the colonial power. 1941 Aung San, was sent to China to receive support from the Chinese Communists. Instead, he was intercepted by the Japanese and negotiated with Kempeitai agent in Tokyo. The Dobama Asiayone secretly sent thirty Thakins to Hainan, where the Japanese they trained for the fight against the British. This " Thirty Comrades" ( Yebaw thoun gyeik ) became the nucleus of the Burma Independence Army after the attack on Pearl Harbor first. Using the Imperial Japanese Army against the British, and later fought against the Japanese occupiers

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• Angelene Naw Aung San and the struggle for Burmese independence. Silkworm Books, Chiang Mai 2001, ISBN 9,747,551,543th
• Shelby Tucker: Burma. The curse of independence. Pluto Press, London 2001, ISBN 0745315410th

• History of Myanmar
• Political Organization