Kohima 1944: The Battle That Saved India

by Robert Lyman

Osprey's Campaign title for the Battle of Kohima during World War II (1939-1945), which saved India from Japanese attacks. In March 1944 the Japanese Army launched Operation U-Go, an attack on Assam in India intended to inspire a rising by the Indian populace against British rule. The Japanese plan would rely on mobility, infiltration and captured supplies to maintain the momentum of the attack. A month earlier the Japanese had launched Operation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846039398
• ISBN13: 9781846039393
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.9"