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      • The two northeastern states of Manipur and Nagaland and their capitals of Kohima and Imphal formed the critical frontier for British India in their war against Japan on the Burmese front.
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  3. www.nam.ac.uk › explore › battle-imphalBattles of Imphal and Kohima - National Army Museum

    Battles of Imphal and Kohima Fought between 8 March and 18 July 1944, these battles were the turning point of one of the most gruelling campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). The decisive Japanese defeat in north-east India became the springboard for the Fourteenth Army’s subsequent re-conquest of Burma.

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  4. www.bbc.com › news › world-asia-india-55625447Kohima: Britain's 'forgotten' battle that changed the course ...

    A British soldier views a road sign on the crucial Imphal to Kohima road in 1944. People in Britain were simply too far away for it to register as much, according to Bob Cook, the head of the...

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  6. the-past.com › feature › imphal-kohima-turning-pointImphal & Kohima: Turning point in Burma – The Past

    Jan 11, 2024 · There were good reasons why Imphal and Kohima became the main focus of the struggle between British and Commonwealth forces and imperial Japan in the spring of 1944. The Imphal plain, at the centre of India’s Manipur region, lay some 70 miles to the west of the border with Burma.

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  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Battle_of_ImphalBattle of Imphal - Wikipedia

    Together with the simultaneous Battle of Kohima on the road by which the encircled Allied forces at Imphal were relieved, the battle was the turning point of the Burma campaign, part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II. [4]

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  8. www.cnn.com › travel › articleRevisiting India’s forgotten battle of WWII: Kohima-Imphal ...

    Oct 4, 2020 · The battle for Kohima and Imphal was a decisive turning point in WWII. In India’s remote northeast states of Manipur and Nagaland, travelers can visit museums and memorials dedicated to the...

  9. weaponsandwarfare.com › ina-imphal-and-kohima-1944INA: IMPHAL AND KOHIMA 1944 - Weapons and Warfare

    Aug 11, 2019 · While Imphal and Kohima suddenly awakened the world to the titanic scale of the military conflict in mainland Asia, the other front in Arakan burst further into life.

  10. www.historyhit.com › what-led-to-the-battles-ofWhat Led to the Battles of Imphal and Kohima in 1944?

    Sep 20, 2018 · One of the lesser known battles of World War Two was fought around Imphal and the neighbouring village of Kohima, in Nagaland, north-east India, in 1944. Imphal and Kohima are sometimes regarded as separate engagements but it’s perhaps better to consider them as one big battle which took place in the spring and summer of 1944.