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Published 16 Feb 2025The Battle of Kohima.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes…. – Wiki on the invasion of Burma
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Interwar US and Japanese Defence Expenditure, 2003, William O’NeilOffline
Burma ’44 – James Holland
Courage and Other Broadcasts – Sir William Slim, edited by Dr. Robert Lyman
Defeat into Victory – Field Marshal Viscount Slim
Desperate Journey – Francis Clifford
Undaunted Britain And the Commonwealth’s War in the Air 1939-45, Part 2 – Ben Kite
Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma – Jack Bowsher
Kohima 1944 – Dr Robert Lyman
Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 – Fergal Keane
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Slim, Master of War – Dr. Robert Lyman
The Burma Campaign – Frank McLynn
The Reconquest of Burma 1944-45 – Dr. Robert Lyman
A War of Empires – Japan, India & Britain 1941-1945 – Dr. Robert Lyman
Unofficial History – Field Marshal Sir William Slim – John Douglas
Wikipedia Articles on Key figures
Orde Wingate – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orde_Wi…
David “Joe” Lentaigne – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_…
Mountbatten – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Mountbatten
General Wavell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archiba…
The Auk – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_…
Giffard – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_…
Slim – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William…
“Vinegar” Joe Stilwell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_…
Haganah – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haganah
Lt Gen Renya Mutaguchi – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renya_M…
Hideki Tojo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_…
Shōzō Sakurai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8…
