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
Lt. Gen. Renya Mutaguchi, commanding Fifteenth Army
Imphal and Kohima campaign
Lieutenant General William Slim, commanding Fourteenth Army
Lieutenant General Geoffry Scoones, commanding IV Corps
On Imphal front, Sikh signaller operates wireless for British officers, listening to patrols reporting Japanese positions.
Scraggy Hill (known to the Japanese as Ito Hill) on the Shenam Pass, captured by the 4/10th Gurkhas
Troops inspect captured Japanese ordnance, 1944
Troops of Indian 5th Division and British 2nd Division meet at Milestone 109, to raise the siege of Imphal
General Montagu Stopford (right) confers with other British officers after the opening of the Imphal-Kohima road.
A Hawker Hurricane Mark IV attacks a Japanese position on the Tiddim Road.
Bibliography
- Katoch, Hemant Singh. The Battlefields of Imphal: The Second World War and North East India (in en) (2016-03-02)Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-27401-8.
- Kangjam, Yaiphaba Meetei. Forgotten Voices of the Japan Laan: The Battle of Imphal and the Second World War in Manipur (in en) (2019)INTACH. ISBN 978-81-7305-618-5.
- Katoch, Hemant Singh. Imphal 1944: The Japanese invasion of India (in en) (2018-03-09)Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-2017-4.
- Rooney, David. Burma Victory: Imphal, Kohima and the Chindits – March 1944 to May 1945 (in en) (2013-05-20)Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78200-610-7.
- Callahan, Raymond. Triumph at Imphal-Kohima: How the Indian Army Finally Stopped the Japanese Juggernaut (in en) (2017)University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2427-0.
References
- ↑ "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 (in en-GB). British Military History. Retrieved 2022-03-05.[dead link]
- ↑ Britain's Greatest Battles | Online Exhibitions | National Army Museum, London (2013-12-25). Retrieved 2022-03-05.
