A story of incredible heroism and extraordinary brutality at one of the turning points of the Second World War. One of the BBC’s best-known and most admired foreign correspondents Fergal Keane brings his trademark narrative skill to the astounding story of Kohima, the epic struggle of World War II. Fergal Keane will be speaking at the National Army Museum on the 22 April at 7pm, tickets £10 or £7.50 concession. National Army Museum : What's On : Celebrity Speakers
What I found interesting about Kohima, (I know very little about the PTO) was the "low" number of soldiers involved. AFAIK one Japanese Division and two British Divisions - a bit meager IMO as to refer to a "Stalingrad of the East". That the fighting was tough is understood. However what astonishes me is that the Japanes had only "ONE" division to break into India - and then? How is it that the Japanese paid so little interest or commitment towards this "desicive" battle? wasn't it even the Japanese who starved to death in their own (Occupied Burma) territory? -strange battle indeed. Regards Kruska
The Imperial Japanese Army's invasion of India fiasco is one of the clearest clues that the Japanese military and civil leadership were unaware that the war they thought they were fighting was not the war they were actually involved in.
