The Battle of Kohima, known as the “Stalingrad of the East,” saw 2,500 British-Indian troops hold off 15,000 Japanese soldiers, preventing a catastrophic invasion of India during World War II.

Some historians refer to the Defence of Kohima as Britain's Greatest Battle. Others refer to the siege as the Stalingrad of ...

Private Roy Frederick Clements of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, killed in action at the Norfolk Ridge, aged 19, on May 6, 1944. The inspiration on his grave reads: “Death divides but ...

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