Imphal 1944 teaser: Japanese actor-filmmaker short film to premiere in Imphal Imphal 1944, a short film based on World War II by London-based Japanese actor and filmmaker Junichi Kajioka, will be ...
The attack: On April 4, 1944, the Japanese attack caught the British in India by surprise. They cut the Kohima-Imphal road and quickly surrounded the British garrison defending the hilltop town of ...
The Japanese leadership believed this was their moment. If they could break through into India, capture key bases and disrupt Allied supply lines, they could weaken the British position in the region.
In 1944, 16km away from present-day Imphal, there was a fierce battle fought between the Japanese and the British Armies on a small hillock now known as Red Hill. This ominous name came from the huge ...
Large reinforcements of British troops in north east India during 1943 prompted the Japanese to launch a pre-emptive offensive from Burma into the Indian province of Assam. The Japanese did not want ...
Before the end of my operational tour I was recommended for a Commission. The Commissioning Board was held at Peshawar close to the northeast frontier so I had to fly the 1000 or so miles across India ...
In a cataclysmic year during which the whole world has been beset by Covid-19, gone almost unnoticed is the 75th anniversary of the end of the last great catastrophe to befall our planet – WWII. But ...
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