Kohima is a field service depot, with stores, ... Dakotas flew over dropping supplies but we never got any bombs for our mortars, I don’t think it would be safe to drop them.

The Battle of Imphal/Kohima, ... Victory over Japanese at Kohima named Britain's greatest battle. By Angus MacSwan. April 21, 2013 8:38 AM UTC Updated April 21, 2013 ...

The Battle of Imphal/Kohima, when British troops fighting in horrendous jungle conditions turned the tide against the Japanese army in World War II, has been chosen as Britain's greatest battle.

Kohima was picked over the more celebrated battles of D-Day and Waterloo in a contest organised by the National Army Museum. Rorke's Drift in the 1879 Zulu War and the Battle of Aliwal in the ...