Following a succession crisis in Burma in 1878, the British Resident in Burma was withdrawn, ending official diplomatic relations between the countries. The British considered a new war in response but other ongoing wars in

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At this time, except that the country was one of dense jungle, and therefore most unfavourable for military operations, the British knew little of the interior of Upper Burma; but British

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Burma was annexed by the British on January 1, 1886. The annexation sparked an insurgency which would last until 1896.
The final, and now completely successful, pacification of the country,

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Following the annexation of Burma, valuable possessions of the Burmese Government were seized by the British authorities. Many items

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• Charney, Michael W. Powerful Learning: Buddhist Literati and the Throne in Burma's Last Dynasty, 1752–1885. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. 2006.
• Hall, D. G. E. Europe and Burma (Oxford University Press, 1945)

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• Third Anglo-Burmese War British regiments
• The Somerset Light Infantry in the Third Burmese War
• The 2nd Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
• Burma: The Third War Stephen Luscombe (photos)

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• History of Burma
• Konbaung dynasty
• First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26)
• Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852)
• British rule in Burma

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