The battle for Kohima and Imphal was a decisive turning point in WWII, ending with the first major defeat suffered by Japanese forces in the Burma theater. In India's remote northeast states of ...

Some historians refer to the Defence of Kohima as Britain's Greatest Battle. Others refer to the siege as the Stalingrad of the East. The Japanese U-go offensive and subsequent battle of Kohima (and ...

Known for its sheer brutality, the Battle of Kohima is often called the “Stalingrad of the East.” This epic stand against the Japanese prevented a catastrophic invasion of India during World War 2. In ...

KOHIMA, India - Soldiers died by the dozens, by the hundreds and then by the thousands in a battle here 70 years ago. Two bloody weeks of fighting came down to just a few yards across an asphalt ...

In 1942 they needed artillery officers and it was a short way of getting a commission. To get commission in those days you had to go through the ranks and have to be put forward for commission ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Battle of Imphal/Kohima, when British troops fighting in horrendous jungle conditions turned the tide against the Japanese army in World War II, has been chosen as Britain's ...

Prof. Callahan (Delaware), author of Burma, 1942-1945, Churchill and his Generals, and several other works on World War II, gives us an overview of one of the most arduous – and most overlooked – ...

It was the beginning of June,1944. The capture of Jail Hill, Naga Village, Arandura Spur and finally Kohima, was exhilarating to us all. The advance of the Japanese had at last been checked and they ...