"Tennis Court Battle: The Gore, Constant Fighting &" Topic
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Tango01  | 14 Feb 2020 10:03 p.m. PST |
….Casualties Were Almost Unprecedented "In 1944, over the course of about two months, British Empire troops in Burma defended turf from an onslaught of Japanese soldiers, on a sliver of land that was, in fact, a tennis court in Kohima. The gore, constant fighting and casualties were almost unprecedented. In fact, in 2013, the British Army Museum voted the Battle of Kohima and the Battle of Imphal (seen as one overall battle) "Britain's greatest ever battle."…"
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 Legion 4 | 16 Feb 2020 8:53 a.m. PST |
The IJFs' Imphal-Kohima offensive was knd of their equivalent to the Battle of the Bulge. They ultimately failed and many of their units eliminated. So probably in the long run, like the Germans in the Ardennes, those forces could have better used. And in turn the losses may have helped hasten the end of the war. Albeit … the 2 A-bombs really ended it for Japan. And saved many lives on all sides … |
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snapped some photos of games he didn't get a chance to play in at Council of Five Nations.