In a cataclysmic year during which the whole world has been beset by Covid-19, gone almost unnoticed is the 75th anniversary of the end of the last great catastrophe to befall our planet – WWII. But ...

This photo shows British troops advancing to open the Imphal-Kohima road. The road was freed as a result of hard fighting by the 14th Army; British troops who cleared the Japanese of Kohima pushed ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Kohima, Nov 11 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accompanied by Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, on Tuesday paid tribute to soldiers who laid down their lives during the Second ...

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To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kohima during World War II, a group of 26 people, descendants of Allied Forces’ war veterans from the United Kingdom, laid wreaths at the Kohima ...

Credit: PUBLIC DOMAIN — Official photographer of No.9 Army Film and Photographic Unit. – This is photograph IND 3698 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-38) Tradition ...

There it was after 61 years. The 16ft. retaining wall on top of which was the Commioners bungalow and tennis court. The only road from Dimapur to Kohima ran alongside and a 300ft drop theother side.

The battle for Kohima and Imphal was a decisive turning point in WWII, ending with the first major defeat suffered by Japanese forces in the Burma theater. In India's remote northeast states of ...