Hemant Singh Katoch: 2 books
The Battlefields of Imphal
The Second World War and North East India
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
In 1944, the British Fourteenth Army and the Japanese Fifteenth Army clashed around the town of Imphal, Manipur, in North East India in what has since been described as one of the greatest battles of the Second World War. Over 200,000 soldiers from several nations fought in the hills and valley of...
Imphal 1944
The Japanese invasion of India
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
In March 1944, the Japanese Fifteenth Army launched an offensive into India from Burma. Named 'U Go', its main objective was the capture of the town of Imphal, which provided the easiest route between India and Burma. Whoever controlled it, controlled access between the two countries. Facing off against...