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14 de fev. de 2021 · In 2013, it was voted as Britain's greatest battle after a debate at the National Army Museum in London, a surprise winner over the likes of D-Day and Waterloo. Robert Lyman made the case for...
The battle ended on 22 June when British and British Indian troops from Kohima and Imphal met at Milestone 109, ending the Siege of Imphal. In 2013, a poll conducted by the British National Army Museum voted the Battles of Kohima and Imphal as "Britain's Greatest Battle".
- 4 April-22 June 1944
- Allied victory
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.
The Battles of Imphal and Kohima were a crucial turning point in the attempted Japanese invasion of India during World War Two. By October 1942 Singapore, Hong-Kong, Malaysia and Burma had all fallen to the Japanese; the Imperial army looked unbeatable.
11 de jun. de 2019 · The battles of Imphal and Kohima were a crucial turning point in the attempted Japanese invasion of India during the Second World War. By October 1942, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaya and Burma had all fallen to the Japanese. Their army looked unbeatable.
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.
21 de abr. de 2017 · The twin battles of Imphal and Kohima were fought between March and July 1944, pitting the predominantly British and Indian forces against the Japanese military. These clashes were described by Dr Robert Lyman as ‘Britain’s Greatest Battle’.
