Battle of Imphal

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Imphal was a pivotal 1944 World War II engagement in northeast India where Allied forces halted and decisively defeated the Japanese advance toward India.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Imphal canonical 25
Imphal Campaign 3
Imphal campaign 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
associatedWith U-Go offensive ⓘ
awarded battle honours to participating Allied units ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian National Army ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
casualties heavy Japanese casualties ⓘ
significant Allied casualties ⓘ
commander Geoffrey Scoones ⓘ
Renya Mutaguchi ⓘ
Stopford ⓘ
1st Viscount Slim ⓘ
surface form: William Slim
commemoratedIn war memorials in Imphal ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
defensiveRole defense of India’s eastern frontier ⓘ
describedAs pivotal battle in the Burma campaign ⓘ
endDate 1944-07 ⓘ
followedBy Allied advance into Burma ⓘ
hasCategory Battles involving India ⓘ
Battles involving Japan ⓘ
Battles involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
involvedForce Fourteenth Army ⓘ
surface form: Fourteenth Army (British)

IV Corps (British India) ⓘ
surface form: IV Corps (British Indian Army)

Indian National Army ⓘ
surface form: Indian National Army units

Japanese Fifteenth Army ⓘ
location Imphal ⓘ
India ⓘ
Manipur ⓘ
notableFeature extensive use of air supply by Allies ⓘ
fighting in mountainous jungle terrain ⓘ
objective Japanese advance into India ⓘ
capture of Imphal ⓘ
opponent Japanese Fifteenth Army ⓘ
partOf Burma campaign ⓘ
South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ
precededBy Japanese U-Go offensive planning ⓘ
recognizedBy British military historians as major victory ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Kohima ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
simultaneousWith Battle of Kohima ⓘ
startDate 1944-03 ⓘ
strategicSignificance halted Japanese advance toward India ⓘ
secured Allied control of northeast India ⓘ
theatre Southeast Asia ⓘ
surface form: South-East Asia
turningPointIn Burma campaign ⓘ
year 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burma campaign → hasPart → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
South-East Asian theatre of World War II → majorCampaign → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imphal Campaign
Indian National Army → conflict → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imphal Campaign
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Mutaguchi Renya → operationCommanded → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imphal offensive
Mutaguchi Renya → knownFor → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
this entity surface form: ill-fated Imphal offensive in Burma
Fourteenth Army → engagement → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Operation U-Go → hasPart → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Battle of Kohima → relatedOperation → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
South East Asia Command → coordinatedOperation → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imphal–Kohima operations
United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations) → involvedIn → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
subject surface form: United Kingdom
INA → conflict → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian National Army
this entity surface form: Imphal Campaign
3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) → participatedIn → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Imphal → historicalEvent → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Burma → significantEvent → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Renya → campaign → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
subject surface form: Renya Mutaguchi
this entity surface form: Imphal campaign
U-Go offensive → hasPart → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Burma Theater → notableBattle → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
India Theater → hasPart → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Forgotten Army → notableBattle → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
IV Corps (British India) → notableEngagement → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
IV Corps (British India) → notableEngagement → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Relief of Imphal
XXXIII Corps (British India) → engagement → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Renya Mutaguchi → conflict → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Stalingrad of the East → associatedWith → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Indian 19th Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Operation Ha-Go → followedBy → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
United Kingdom in World War II → significantEvent → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Indian 7th Infantry Division → engagedIn → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Indian 5th Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
British IV Corps → engagement → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Third Tactical Air Force → engagement → Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Japanese 18th Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Imphal ⓘ