![Three members of the Naypyidaw People’s Defense Force battalion take part in military training.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/myanmar-civil-war-shan-11162023-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
Opposition forces fighting against Myanmar’s military junta had been making progress in recent months, but on Oct. 27 they crossed a threshold, dealing a powerful blow to government forces and putting the regime on the defensive. The offensive in Myanmar’s eastern-most Shan state could be a turning point in the country’s civil war.