Battle of Kohima

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World War II battle battle battle of the Burma campaign

The Battle of Kohima was a pivotal 1944 World War II engagement in northeast India where Allied forces halted the Japanese advance, marking a major turning point in the Burma campaign.

Aliases (2)

Kohima Campaign ×2
Siege of Kohima ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → battle → battle of the Burma campaign →
alsoKnownAs	Stalingrad of the East →
associatedWith	Siege of Kohima →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
combatant	British Fourteenth Army → British Indian Army → Imperial Japan → Indian National Army → United Kingdom →
commander	Geoffrey Scoones → Kotoku Sato → Renya Mutaguchi → William Slim →
conflictIn	World War II →
country	India →
defensiveForce	garrison of Kohima →
endDate	1944-06-22 →
followedBy	Allied counter-offensive in Burma →
front	India–Burma front →
historicalSignificance	halted Japanese advance into India → major turning point in the Burma campaign →
inscription	When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today →
location	Kohima → Nagaland → Northeast India →
memorial	Kohima War Cemetery →
notableFeature	tennis court battlefield →
opponent	Allied forces → Imperial Japanese Army → Indian National Army →
partOf	Burma campaign → Burma campaign of World War II →
precededBy	Japanese advance from Burma →
reinforcedBy	British and Indian troops from Dimapur →
relatedOperation	Battle of Imphal → Operation U-Go →
result	Allied victory →
startDate	1944-04-04 →
strategicObjective	Japanese advance into India → capture of Kohima ridge → cutting the road between Dimapur and Imphal →
theatre	South-East Asian theatre of World War II →
timePeriod	1944 →
turningPointIn	Burma campaign →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Kohima ("Siege of Kohima") → Kohima Epitaph →	associatedWith
Burma campaign → Operation U-Go →	hasPart
Indian National Army ("Kohima Campaign") →	conflict
Fourteenth Army →	engagement
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
United Kingdom →	involvedIn
South-East Asian theatre of World War II ("Kohima Campaign") →	majorCampaign
Battle of Imphal →	relatedTo
Battle of Imphal →	simultaneousWith