"Second World War clashes named as 'Greatest British Battle'" Topic

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Tango01	02 Sep 2020 2:35 p.m. PST
"The two victories over the Japanese, which took place in the same region of north east India over the same period in 1944, were voted the winner of a contest run by the National Army Museum to identify "Britain's Greatest Battle". Taken as a single victory, Imphal-Kohima was on a shortlist of five battles which topped a public poll and on Saturday, they were selected as the ultimate winner by an audience of more than 100 guests at a special event at the museum, in Chelsea, west London. Imphal-Kohima received almost half of all votes. In second place was D-Day and Normandy, in 1944 (25 per cent), ahead of Waterloo, in 1815, (22 per cent), Rorke's Drift, during the Zulu War in 1879 (three per cent), and Aliwal, during the First Sikh War in 1846 (two per cent)…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
Frederick	02 Sep 2020 3:35 p.m. PST
Now that's interesting! I would guess if you asked 100 Canadians about the Battle of Imphal-Kohima they would think about Alexander the Great
Legionarius	02 Sep 2020 5:37 p.m. PST
And I thought the 14th Army was known as "the forgotten Army"!
boggler	03 Sep 2020 5:03 a.m. PST
Surely that should be the Indian army's greatest battle?
Tango01	03 Sep 2020 10:51 a.m. PST
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!- (smile) Amicalement Armand

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