Battle of Imphal
The Battle of Imphal (Meitei: Japan Laan, lit. 'Japanese attack') was a battle in the World War II.[1][2][3] It was a historic combat that took place in Imphal, the metropolis of Manipur in 1944. It was fought between the British Empire and Japan.[4] According to a voting in a contest run by the British National Army Museum, the Battle of Imphal and Kohima was bestowed as Britain's Greatest Battle in 2013.[5][3]
Battle Of Imphal Media
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Lt. Gen. Renya Mutaguchi, commanding Fifteenth Army
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Imphal and Kohima campaign
- Field Marshal Sir William Slim, General Officer Commanding Fourteenth Army in Burma, 5 March 1945. SE3310.jpg
Lieutenant General William Slim, commanding Fourteenth Army
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Lieutenant General Geoffry Scoones, commanding IV Corps
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On Imphal front, Sikh signaller operates wireless for British officers, listening to patrols reporting Japanese positions.
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Scraggy Hill (known to the Japanese as Ito Hill) on the Shenam Pass, captured by the 4/10th Gurkhas.
- Indian and Gurkha soldiers inspect captured Japanese ordnance during the Imphal-Kohima battle, 1944.jpg
Troops inspect captured Japanese ordnance, 1944.
- Soldiers of the two wings of the 14th Army link-up at Milestone 109 during the Battle of Imphal-Kohima.jpg
Troops of Indian 5th Division and British 2nd Division meet at Milestone 109, to raise the siege of Imphal
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General Montagu Stopford (right) confers with other British officers after the opening of the Imphal-Kohima road.
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A Hawker Hurricane Mark IV attacks a Japanese position on the Tiddim Road.
Bibliography
- Katoch, Hemant Singh (2016-03-02). The Battlefields of Imphal: The Second World War and North East India. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-27401-8.
- Kangjam, Yaiphaba Meetei (2019). Forgotten Voices of the Japan Laan: The Battle of Imphal and the Second World War in Manipur. INTACH. ISBN 978-81-7305-618-5.
- Katoch, Hemant Singh (2018-03-09). Imphal 1944: The Japanese invasion of India. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-2017-4.
- Rooney, David (2013-05-20). Burma Victory: Imphal, Kohima and the Chindits – March 1944 to May 1945. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78200-610-7.
- Callahan, Raymond (2017). Triumph at Imphal-Kohima: How the Indian Army Finally Stopped the Japanese Juggernaut. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2427-0.
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- ↑ "Victory over Japanese at Kohima named Britain's greatest battle" (in en). Reuters. 2013-04-21. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-battles-idUKBRE93K03220130421. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ↑ "Britain says its greatest battle was fought in Imphal and Kohima". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 India, Press Trust of (2013-04-21). "Battle to repel Azad Hind Fauj selected "Britain's Greatest"". Business Standard India. https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/battle-to-repel-azad-hind-fauj-selected-britain-s-greatest-113042100200_1.html. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ↑ "You searched for Battle of Imphal". British Military History. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ↑ "Britain's Greatest Battles | Online Exhibitions | National Army Museum, London". 2013-12-25. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
