Posted on 06/23/2014 6:56:19 PM PDT by cold start
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Imphal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Tennis_Court
never forget ....
it was a hell of a fight .
Thanks for posting this article. Do you know of any books about this battle?
Burma theater ping.
But, no matter where or when there was fighting to be done, it has always been the calm leadership of the officer class that has made the British Army what it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rObSWkQA7og
Just saw this as you pinged me. Nice article. The Burma campaign is largely forgotten ii the West as well as India. It was the ultimate backwater.
That’s funny!
Try the book “Defeat into Victory”. It was written by Field Marshal Viscount Slim. Excellent detail about the operations around Imphal and Kohima. Covers the war in Burma from British defeat by the Japanese to the retaking of Rangoon near the end of the war.
All the troops in the world are useless without leaders. India might have weapons, plenty of soldiers, nukes...
Pakistan would probably kick their ass
Good read
It’s funny, and not just a little bit true.
Pakistan has on the whole done fairly badly whenever they fought India, both strategically and tactically. Neither country has what could be called a first rate military but India is considerably stronger in nearly all categories and seems to be better trained and practiced. The military is also much less political with fewer competing agendas among the officer corps.
In a full scale war though the decisive factor could be the role of China.
ping
For comparisons sake, military casualties, this battle was close to the scale of Okinawa....
Iwo Jima
US - 6,821 killed, 19,217 wounded
Japan 18,844 killed, 216 taken prisoner
Okinawa
US - More than 12,000 killed, 38,000 wounded
Japan - More than 110,000 killed, 7,000 captured
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim was quite a fellow. He is too often forgotten.
IMO probably the best General in the British Army. Tail end of the supply chain, an army that had the hell beat out of it, an army that most of its soldiers did not speak English.
Created the XIV Army from shattered remnants, trained them to meet and defeat the Japanese in the dense Burmese jungles. Engineered a brilliant campaign that drove the Japanese out of Burma. And his soldiers liked him. A real warrior, but a rather modest man without a strong desire for publicity and accolades that followed his victory. As different from Monty as Ike was from Patton.
rather portly fellow despite the name..
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