Kohima & Imphal 1944 — Burma Campaign Battles & Field Guide
Campaign guides, political context, personalities, remembrance and the ground itself — organised as a working military-history archive.

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Kohima & Imphal 1944 — Burma Campaign Turning Point
Kohima and Imphal were the battles that broke the Japanese offensive into India and opened the road back into Burma. This hub connects the siege of Imphal, the defence of Kohima, the tennis-court fighting, Fourteenth Army logistics, Indian and British formations, Japanese supply failure and the Allied counter-offensive.
Start here: Kohima & Imphal 1944 — Complete Field Guide →
Key routes
- Operation U-Go and the Japanese plan to invade India.
- Why Imphal mattered as a logistics and communications base.
- The tiny Kohima perimeter and Garrison Hill.
- Air supply and the Allied ability to sustain surrounded formations.
- The relief of Kohima and reopening of the Dimapur–Imphal road.
- Why the Japanese Fifteenth Army's supply system collapsed.