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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Kohima canonical	30
Kohima Campaign	3
Battle of Kohima 1944	1
Battle of Kohima in 1944	1
Relief of Kohima garrison	1
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	Battle of Kohima self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siege of Kohima
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
combatant	Fourteenth Army ⓘ surface form: British Fourteenth Army British Indian Army ⓘ Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ surface form: Imperial Japan Indian National Army ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
commander	Geoffrey Scoones ⓘ Kotoku Sato ⓘ Renya Mutaguchi ⓘ 1st Viscount Slim ⓘ surface form: William Slim
conflictIn	World War II ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
defensiveForce	garrison of Kohima ⓘ
endDate	1944-06-22 ⓘ
followedBy	Allied counter-offensive in Burma ⓘ
front	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: 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	British Commonwealth forces ⓘ surface form: Allied forces Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Indian National Army ⓘ
partOf	Burma campaign ⓘ Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: 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 (37)

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

Burma campaign → hasPart → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

South-East Asian theatre of World War II → majorCampaign → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kohima Campaign

Indian National Army → conflict → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kohima Campaign

Kohima Epitaph → associatedWith → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Fourteenth Army → engagement → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Battle of Imphal → relatedTo → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Battle of Imphal → simultaneousWith → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Operation U-Go → hasPart → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Battle of Kohima → associatedWith → Battle of Kohima self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Kohima

United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations) → involvedIn → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

subject surface form: United Kingdom

INA → conflict → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

subject surface form: Indian National Army

this entity surface form: Kohima Campaign

3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) → participatedIn → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Kohima → knownFor → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Kohima → historicalEvent → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Kohima in 1944

Kohima War Cemetery → commemoratesConflict → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Kohima War Cemetery → significantEvent → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Kohima 1944

Japanese occupation of Burma → significantEvent → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

U-Go offensive → hasPart → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Burma Theater → notableBattle → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

India Theater → hasPart → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Forgotten Army → notableBattle → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

IV Corps (British India) → notableEngagement → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

XXXIII Corps (British India) → engagement → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Relief of Kohima garrison

Renya Mutaguchi → conflict → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today → associatedWith → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Stalingrad of the East → refersTo → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Stalingrad of the East → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Indian 19th Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Operation Ha-Go → followedBy → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

United Kingdom in World War II → significantEvent → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Indian 7th Infantry Division → engagedIn → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Indian 5th Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

British IV Corps → engagement → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Third Tactical Air Force → engagement → Battle of Kohima ⓘ

Japanese 18th Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Kohima ⓘ