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Revisiting India’s forgotten battle of WWII: Kohima-Imphal, the Stalingrad of the East

The attack: On April 4, 1944, the Japanese attack caught the British in India by surprise. They cut the Kohima-Imphal road and quickly surrounded the British garrison defending the hilltop town of ...
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The Burma Campaign

Sinclair Ramsay Atkins became ill with dysentery in January 1944 and was sent to a hospital in Imphal. Unable to eat for over two weeks he grew very weak. His life was saved by two Americans who gave ...
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Siege of Imphal (Kipper Box) - Part 2

The image attached to this story cannot be viewed for moderation or technical reasons Manipur-Indo-Burma Border 1944 Chapter Two ~ The Royal Air Force Regiment In March 1944 No. 2944 Field Squadron of ...
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Revisiting India’s forgotten battle of WWII: Kohima-Imphal, the Stalingrad of the East

In a cataclysmic year during which the whole world has been beset by Covid-19, gone almost unnoticed is the 75th anniversary of the end of the last great catastrophe to befall our planet – WWII. But ...