why was Manipur consider a great battlefield during the 2nd world war?
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Battle of Imphal
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The Battle of Imphal took place in the region around the city of Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur in Northeast India from March until July 1944. Japanese armies attempted to destroy the Allied forces at Imphal and invade India, but were driven back into Burma with heavy losses. Together with the simultaneous Battle of Kohima on the road by which the encircled Allied forces at Imphal were relieved, the battle was the turning point of the Burma campaign, part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II. The Japanese defeat at Kohima and Imphal was the largest up until that time,[2] with many of the Japanese deaths resulting from starvation, disease and exhaustion suffered during their retreat.[1]
Battle of Imphal
Part of the Operation U-Go during the Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II
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Gurkhas advancing with Grant tanks to clear the Japanese from Imphal-Kohima road in North Eastern British India
Date 8 March – 3 July 1944 Location
Imphal, Manipur, India
24.8167°N 93.9500°E Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom British Empire
British Raj India
Empire of Japan Japan
Free India
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom William Slim
United Kingdom Geoffry Scoones
United Kingdom Jack Baldwin
Empire of Japan Masakasu Kawabe
Empire of Japan Renya Mutaguchi
India Subhash C. Bose
Strength
4 Infantry Divisions
1 Armoured Brigade
1 Parachute Brigade
3 Infantry Divisions
1 Tank Regiment
2 Indian regiments
Casualties and losses
12,603 killed and wounded[1]
54,879 killed and