Battle of Kohima-Imphal, 1944

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For more great battles visit www.TheArtofBattle.com. It's like a museum. Except not boring.
This animation covers the Battle of Kohima-Imphal, March 8-July 8, 1944.
Red = British Fourteenth Army
Blue = Japanese Fifteenth Army
Animated by Jonathan Webb and narrated by Tom Fitzmaurice

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@merdiolu 10 жыл бұрын

This battle actually saved India and Allied airfields in India from Japanese attack and made supply of Nationalist Chinese Armies possible (airlift from India kept Chinese fighting) Without India Chinese war effort wouldn't last long. Entire Japanese Imperial Army was tied there. So battles of Imphal and Kohima were turning points as much as Stalingrad , Midway , El Alamein etc...

@JenniferUpton_2 9 жыл бұрын

merdiolu Most of all The Forgotten were the Black Common Wealth Troops from ALL over Africa... even today unrecognized by the BSA nor RCEL. The KAR, NRR, RAR, West Africans...do not even get mentioned. Shame Shame.

@nikobellic3716 6 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Upton no it's Indian troops brother ww1-1.3million personnels n ww2-2.5 million personnel brother

@DipakBose-bq1vv 6 жыл бұрын

It has saved the British Empire for a few more years and allowed China to occupy Tibet, East Turkestan, Mongolia, Manchuria, and Formosa.

@abhirupdebnath8696 5 жыл бұрын

@@DipakBose-bq1vv you are a complete mad.

@Zen-sx5io 3 жыл бұрын

@@nikobellic3716 Is this the real Nico Bellic.

@mrpurser3136 7 жыл бұрын

A criminally underrated campaign in WW2...one of the reasons the British were great.

@chinaisresponsibleforcoron6382 3 жыл бұрын

Hey dum@ss, out of the three corps that fought this battle , two corps were indian corps which means 8 indian divisions and 4 British divisions

@JJaqn05 2 жыл бұрын

@@chinaisresponsibleforcoron6382 British Indian army. Still a British victory. And if you're Indian it's an Indian victory

@janetgoodrick3855 4 жыл бұрын

My husbands uncle George Henry Goodrick was killed in Kohima on 22 April 1944, he was part of the 1st Berks regt. who came in to relieve the few left after an horrendous and bitter battle at Kohima. According to war diaries he was in a recce party but was lost only 2 days after his arrival. He will never be forgotten.

@noanyabizniz4333 2 жыл бұрын

I checked, and there is no record of him having served or even existed. Why are you lying?

@yashida5371 2 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear about the loss. I always visit the graves of WW2 memorial in Kohima which is my hometown. I would definitely stop by and pay my respect if I see his grave.

@wallygreeninker 9 жыл бұрын

The British weren't on the defensive in Northern Burma in early 1944: they were preparing an invasion of Burma and the Japanese operations were meant to forestall the coming offensive. Retreat, followed by ounter-attack was, tactically, the most rational way to fight the battle - as was shown by the outcome.

@BronzeAgeSwords 2 жыл бұрын

well said

@japeking1 8 жыл бұрын

My Dad flew a DC3 load of mortar bombs into Imphal. He thought that more scary than his main job of flying out wounded from the Arakan fighting.

@fritzrue 10 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Never even knew this happened. Now that almost all the vets are dead there are even more battles coming to light that the history books forgot or neglected. Some of these battles are just as interesting as the famous ones.

@Zen-sx5io 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@ThePatto56 10 жыл бұрын

My dad fought at Battle of Kohima, look up TALES FROM LIFE & THE BATTLE OF KOHIMA. an ebook.

@MrIaninuk 6 жыл бұрын

My dad also took part in this..Royal Engineers with the 5th Indian div.

@abhirupdebnath8696 5 жыл бұрын

mrianinuk I salute to your grandfather

@pannobhasa 9 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your videos. The graphics help them to be more informative, usually, than most documentaries. If you're still making them, how about Gettysburg, or Trafalgar, or the Catalaunian Plains, or another one by Caesar or Belisarius? (I agree, though, that they're better without the screaming guitars.)

@101Curozer Жыл бұрын

bro i live in kohima i go to forst every week and see ancient british hq and helemets and gun that are coverd with dirt

@prashantkumarparmanu 8 жыл бұрын

i'm from INDIA . My Grand father fought against Japanese in this BATTLE OF KOHIMA . hE WAS IN BRITISH aRMY

@DipakBose-bq1vv 6 жыл бұрын

You should be ashamed that your grandfather fought against the Indian freedom fighters and their Japanese friends.

@abhirupdebnath8696 5 жыл бұрын

I am proud for your grandfather

@abhirupdebnath8696 5 жыл бұрын

Dipak Basu INA soilders were not freedom fighters. They fought for the Japanese in Burma front. INA was by the Japanese of the Japanese and fought for the Japanese.

@abhirupdebnath8696 5 жыл бұрын

Dipak Basu Air Marshal Arjan Singh also fought against the Japanese in Imphal, Arakan and central Burma front. He was hero of WWII as well as 1965 indo- Pak war. was he slave? he got DFC prize for fighting against the Japanese in Burma front.

@abhirupdebnath8696 5 жыл бұрын

Dipak Basu revolutionary freedom fighter Subhod Roy who was joined Chittagong revolutionary struggle, also protested against the Japanese. Even he supported Burmese resistance movement. was he a slave of British? woman revolutionary freedom fighter Kalpona Dutta Joshi also protested against the Japanese. was she a slave of the British? Revolutionary freedom fighter M.N.Roy also supported Anti fascist allied forces. was he a slave of British? B.R. Ambedkar also supported allied powers. was he a slave of British? Air Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal fought against the Japanese in Imphal, Kohima as well as central Burma campaign. He also got DFC Medel as Arjan Singh. P.C.Lal also a hero of 1971 Indo- pak war. Arjan Singh was hero of WWII and 1965 indo- Pak war. Pratap Chandra Lal was hero of WWII and 1971. were they slaves?

@martyrobinson149 8 жыл бұрын

British, Commonwealth forces halted Japan advances in South East Asia and supported by other allied forces liberated all territories Japan had earlier conquered. The forgotten campaign. The majority of Japanese ground forces were in Asia fighting mostly in China. Yet American propaganda machine focus on island hopping campaign. Soviet force's completely overwhelmed Japanese forces it was the biggest defeat in all Japanese history.

@BlueCosmos5 13 жыл бұрын

what a reckless offensive Japanese solders hadn't any supplies.

@25Busterdog 11 жыл бұрын

I think you'll find the British had pretty much defeated the Germans in Africa before the Americans had arrived.

@DipakBose-bq1vv 6 жыл бұрын

Indian people at that time were sympathetic with Japan and Azad Hind Fauz (Free Indian Army). My mother was a 10 years old girl in Calcutta. She said when the Japanese planes were coming to Calcutta to bomb the port, railway system, she and her friends went to the rooftop of their apartment block to wave handkerchief to the Japanese, who have never bombed any civilian area.

@GriffinHistorical 11 жыл бұрын

Whilst its a pretty good overall view of this vital battle I'd say the narration is pretty dull and, as a museum professional, museums can be a heck of a lot more interesting than this. Boring museums are pretty much a thing of the past. I note however that this was made in 2009 so hopefully things have improved with future examples. Off to watch a couple more....

@rukiyaaduhul1155 9 жыл бұрын

Do: Hattin

@TheNighthawk00 13 жыл бұрын

@FellowTownsman Not really. The Brits were more numerous, were better equipped, were fighting defensively and had superb logistics.

@waitingisfun 9 жыл бұрын

Battle of gaugamela please

@persianparsal 9 жыл бұрын

that is probably the most commonly known and therefore the most boring one possible.

@Zen-sx5io 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think he makes any new videos anymore.

@luftwaffe4987 4 жыл бұрын

please do get a better mic though

@Zen-sx5io 3 жыл бұрын

Well, he doesn't make videos anymore so.....

@DipakBose-bq1vv 6 жыл бұрын

British Army was protecting European Empires all over Asia. After 1945 Dutch came back to Indonesia, French came back to Vietnam, Cambodia, Portuguese cam back to Timor. War for liberation went on until 1975.

@abhirupdebnath8696 5 жыл бұрын

Dipak Basu. Mountbatten refused to Dutch forces to allow land in java and Sumatra. He also condemned Douglas grecy to confict against Vietminh in Indochina. In 1975 suhato's Indonesia attacked east Timor and started a fascist rule until 2002. They touched and killed many people of East Timor.

@mayli5206 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mutaguchi fight for korea independence hahaha

@Sagiterrian77 3 жыл бұрын

You expect me to take you seriously when you pronounce Imphal as “Imfall”?

@Zen-sx5io 3 жыл бұрын

How should It be pronounced?

@Sagiterrian77 3 жыл бұрын

Imm - pahl

@gasperpoklukar8372 2 жыл бұрын

Bad reason to not take someone seriously.

@m.abdulmajeed629 6 жыл бұрын

Well? no, pride and nationalism

@JenniferUpton_2 9 жыл бұрын

Most of all The Forgotten were the Black Common Wealth Troops from ALL over Africa... even today unrecognized by the BSA nor RCEL. The KAR, NRR, RAR, West Africans...do not even get mentioned. Shame Shame.

@japeking1 8 жыл бұрын

My dad's main contribution to the war was flying wounded West African soldiers from the Arakan front back to base hospital.....in Tiger Moths. He, and just about everyone involved was promptly forgotten. Its only a problem if you let it be a problem.

@JenniferUpton_2 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your families service, mine also served.

@HunterstonB 10 жыл бұрын

Fundamentally WRONG - in the first sentence!!!!!!! Arakan is the coastal province of Burma, THE SOUTH, and the battle referred to is the Battle of the 'Admin Box' which was commanded by Majr General Frank Messervry. (British) Troops from the Admin Box were airlifted directly from the battlefield in the south into the Imphal battle> This is absolute rubbish. . . . . . . .

@faiyazahmed7798 7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Stone m ...

@japeking1 7 жыл бұрын

Yes... I wondered if there might be another place in northern Burma called Arakan ( since my dad was in the actual Arakan, I knew the videoist couldn't be referring to that...could he? ). And "thrown out of Burma twice." ? Whats that about.... perhaps he means the 1st Chindit raid? But some of the details later in the vidoe are ok, if given a different slant to what I was taught. So not total rubbish.

@Rockoer0099 5 жыл бұрын

I am A naga By birth and My grandfather fought Against The Japanese Side by side With British In the Battle of Kohima ... But after british Left India We were Treated badly By Indian Army. Rape Torture Killing Became The everyday Routine .. Till today I regret Why British Left us alone after the war and to suffer in the hand of indian army....

@ajarofmayonnaise3250 3 жыл бұрын

Why would army do something they are their citizen from Nagaland

@chinaisresponsibleforcoron6382 3 жыл бұрын

LOL , how are you even alive then ?

@idontlikeyou1371 11 жыл бұрын

ya but you guys beat a corps with an entire army....not very impressive!! whats impressive is that africa corps smashed you guys multible times....but ya well done smashing a smaller force that made 8th army sack 5 generals

@paulfletcher2029 3 жыл бұрын

Obviously an idiot that never went to school. Stupid identity moniker too.