Battle of Kohima
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The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U-Go offensive into British India in 1944 during the Second World War. It took place in three stages from 4 April to 22 June 1944 around the
View of the Garrison Hill battlefield, the key to the British defences at Kohima
Imphal and Kohima campaign
News image showing the Japanese Army approaching Kohima.
Kohima Ridge
Kōtoku Satō
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Kōtoku Satō was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Battle of Kohima
…31st Division on to Dimapur, the vital railhead and logistic base in the Brahmaputra River valley. The 31st Division's commander, Lieutenant General Kōtoku Satō, was unhappy with his role. He had not been involved in the planning of the offensive, and had grave misgivings about its chances. He had already told…
Satō in 1937
Group photo of the command staff of the Fifteenth Army, Satō on the right of the front row, and Mutaguchi in the center (May 1943)