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Burma campaign (1943–1944)

  • Siege of MyitkyinaJoseph Stilwell intended to make a rapid march against Myitkyina, prophesying it to be a feat which will live in military history.
  • Battle of ImphalIn March 1943, Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi took command of the Fifteenth Army in Burma. He immediately began pushing for an invasion of India with a…
  • Battle of KohimaThe Japanese plan to invade India, codenamed U-Go, began as a spoiling attack against the British IV Corps at Imphal in Manipur.
  • Operation U-GoIn 1942, the Japanese Army had driven British and Indian troops out of Burma. When monsoon rains stopped campaigning, British forces occupied Imphal, the…