Editing Ne Win (section)

== Post-independence civil war ==
Following independence there were [[uprisings]] in the army and among [[List of ethnic groups in Myanmar|ethnic minority groups]]. In late 1948, after a confrontation between army rivals, Ne Win was appointed second in command of the army and his rival Bo Zeya, a [[Communism|communist]] [[commander]] and fellow member of the [[Thirty Comrades]], took a portion of the [[Myanmar Army|army]] into [[rebellion]].{{Sfn|Maung|1965|p=76}} Ne Win immediately adopted a policy of creating [[Socialism|Socialist]] [[militia]] [[Battalion|battalions]] called 'Sitwundan' under his personal command with the approval of [[U Nu]].{{Sfn|Mya|1992|p=23}} On 31 January 1949, Ne Win was appointed [[Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services|Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces]] ([[Tatmadaw]]) and given total control of the army, replacing General [[Smith Dun]], an ethnic [[Karen people|Karen]]. He rebuilt and restructured the armed forces along the ruling [[Burma Socialist Party|Socialist Party]]'s political lines, but the country was still split and the government was ineffective.{{Sfn|Yawnghwe|1990|pp=29–31}} He was [[Ministry of Defence (Myanmar)|Minister of Defense]] from April 1949 to September 1950.<ref name="bidwell">{{cite book |last1=Bidwell |first1=Robin Leonard |title=Guide to government ministers |date=1974 |publisher=F. Cass |location=London |isbn=0714630179}}</ref>

=== Interim prime minister ===
He was asked to serve as [[Interim Prime Minister|interim prime minister]] from 28 October 1958 by [[U Nu]], when the AFPFL split into two factions and U Nu barely survived a motion of no-confidence against his [[Government of Myanmar|government]] in [[parliament]]. Ne Win restored order during the period known as the "Ne Win [[Ne Win's First Cabinet|caretaker government]]".<ref>{{cite book | editor=Nicholas Tarling | editor-link=Nicholas Tarling | year=1993 | title=The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia | url=https://archive.org/details/chronologyorigi01munsgoog | isbn=0-521-35505-2 }}</ref> Elections were held in [[1960 Burmese general election|February 1960]] and Ne Win handed back power to the victorious [[U Nu]] on 4 April 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U Nu {{!}} prime minister of Myanmar|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/U-Nu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907211143/https://www.britannica.com/biography/U-Nu|archive-date=7 September 2015|access-date=17 November 2020|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}} [https://biography.yourdictionary.com/u-nu Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127025239/https://biography.yourdictionary.com/u-nu |date=27 November 2020 }}</ref>