Thousands of Myanmar military personnel held their annual parade in the capital Naypyitaw on Wednesday, Mar. 27 against a background of unprecedented battlefield defeats that have heavily tarnished their once invincible reputation. The military seized power in Myanmar in February 2021, overthrowing the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, whom it accused, without providing evidence, of winning the 2020 election through massive voter fraud. The military’s brutal suppression of protests triggered a fierce nationwide armed resistance.