Description
| Product ID: | 9781472820150 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Series: | Campaign |
| Title: | Imphal 1944 |
| Subtitle: | The Japanese invasion of India |
| Authors: | Author: Hemant Singh Katoch, Peter Dennis |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Second World War, Battles and campaigns, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Battles & campaigns, India, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A highly illustrated account of the decisive battle of Imphal during World War II, where the attempted Japanese invasion of India was turned back in its largest land defeat of the war so far. In March 1944, the Japanese Fifteenth Army launched an offensive into India from Burma. Named "U Go," its main objective was the capture of the town of Imphal, which provided the easiest route between India and Burma. Whoever controlled it, controlled access between the two countries. Facing off against the Japanese was the British Fourteenth Army and its Imphal-based 4 Corps. For the next four months, over 200,000 men clashed in the hills and valley of Manipur in what has since been described as one of the greatest battles of World War II. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-03-09 |
