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The Battle of Imphal (Meitei: Japan Laan [1] [2], lit. 'Japanese invasion') took place in the region around the city of Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur in Northeast India from March until July 1944.
The U Go offensive, or Operation C (Japanese: ウ号作戦, U Gō sakusen), was the Japanese offensive launched in March 1944 against forces of the British Empire in the northeast Indian regions of Manipur and the Naga Hills (then administered as part of Assam).
Battle of Imphal was fought in Northern India in the region around the city of Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur. The battle occurred from 12 March to 21 June 1944 between the British force and Japanese forces. Three battalions of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles were involved in the battle. 184 were dead and 820 were wounded.
The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U-Go offensive into India in 1944 during the Second World War.The battle took place in three stages from 4 April to 22 June 1944 around the town of Kohima, now the capital city of Nagaland in Northeast India.
The Battles and Operations involving the Indian National Army during World War II were all fought in the South-East Asian theatre.These range from the earliest deployments of the INA's preceding units in espionage during Malayan Campaign in 1942, through the more substantial commitments during the Japanese Ha Go and U Go offensives in the Upper Burma and Manipur region, to the defensive ...
The Battle of Shangshak took place in Manipur in the forested and mountainous frontier area between India and Burma, from 20 March to 26 March 1944.The Japanese drove a parachute brigade (fighting as infantry) of the British Indian Army from its positions with heavy casualties, but suffered heavy casualties themselves.
8 March – 3 July - Battle of Imphal against Operation U-Go. 20-26 March – Battle of Sangshak; 4 April – 22 June - Battle of Kohima; 14 April - INA hoisted the Indian tricolor for the first time on mainland India at Moirang in Manipur. [1] 14 April – Bombay Explosion (1944)
The fighting in the Burma campaign in 1944 was among the most severe in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II.It took place along the borders between Burma and India, and Burma and China, and involved the British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces, against the forces of Imperial Japan and the Indian National Army.