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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the fiercest battles of the Second World War, the Battle of Kohima started on 4 April 1944, in which British and Indian troops fought against the Japanese offensive in the northeast of India. The Japanese were defeated which marked the beginning of the Allied push into Burma.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fighting in and around Kohima in the spring of 1944 was part of a larger Japanese offensive, known as ‘U-Go’, in which three Japanese divisions, the 15th, 31st and 33rd, attempted to destroy the British/Indian forces at Imphal, Naga Hills and Kohima.

Detailed explanation-3: -Imphal-Kohima was one of the biggest defeats the Japanese Army ever suffered. Mutaguchi was relieved of command, recalled to Tokyo, and finally forced into retirement in December 1944. That same month, Slim, Scoones and Stopford were knighted by the viceroy of India, Lord Wavell, in a ceremony at Imphal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kohima was the point of the farthest Japanese advance into British India during World War II. Much of the town was held briefly by Japanese troops in 1944, until the area was retaken by the British. Kohima was largely devastated by the fighting but was subsequently rebuilt.