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Imphal 1944: The Japanese invasion of India (Campaign, 319) Paperback – Illustrated, March 20, 2018

by Hemant Singh Katoch (Author), Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
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In March 1944, the Japanese Fifteenth Army launched an offensive into India from Burma. Named "U Go," its main objective was the capture of the town of Imphal, which provided the easiest route between India and Burma. Whoever controlled it, controlled access between the two countries. Facing off against the Japanese was the British Fourteenth Army and its Imphal-based 4 Corps. For the next four months, over 200,000 men clashed in the hills and valley of Manipur in what has since been described as one of the greatest battles of World War II.

Although numbers vary, it is estimated that some 30,000 Japanese soldiers died and 23,000 were injured at Imphal–Kohima in 1944 due to fighting, disease and in the retreat back to Burma. It remains the largest defeat on land ever for the Japanese Army.

With fully commissioned artwork and maps, this is the complete story of the turning point in the Burma campaign in World War II.

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    March 20, 2018
  6. Dimensions
    8 x 0.21 x 9.72 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1472820150
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1472820150
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Hemant Singh Katoch is an independent scholar based in New Delhi. His research has focused on the battles of Imphal and Kohima of 1944, and he has pioneered battlefield tours around them. He conceived of the original idea to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the battle of Imphal and helped organize a series of remembrance events in 2014. In the past he has worked for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, the United Nations in Timor-Leste, and the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His first book The Battlefields of Imphal: The Second World War and North East India (Routledge India) was published in 2016.

Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Osprey Publishing; Illustrated edition (March 20, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1472820150
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472820150
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.21 x 9.72 inches
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  • HMS Warspite
    5.0 out of 5 stars Imphal: Valley of Decision...
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2018
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    In March 1944, the Japanese 15th Army launched a multi-pronged offensive from Burma into Eastern India. Their objective was the Imphal Valley, key terrain which if held by the Japanese Army would forestall any British attempts to retake Burma. But the Japanese were advancing into a trap. Lieutenant General Slim's British 14th Army had prepared a defense in depth, hoping to lure the Japanese into a finish fight under favorable conditions. The British plan did however depend on precise timing and on the resilience of an army that Slim had only just rebuild following its demoralizing defeat in Burma in 1942...

    "Imphal 1944" is an Osprey Campaign Series book, put together with meticulous research by author Hemant Singh Katoch, and illustrations by Peter Dennis. The fighting in the Imphal Valley took months to play out, and the author is to be commended for presenting a clear and readable battle narrative. The narrative is nicely supported by an excellent collection of period and modern photographs, illustrations, and battle diagrams.

    The author presents a nice synopsis of the opposing commanders and their forces and plans. He highlights the risks taken by the Japanese and by the British in their respective planning, and the key role played by airpower in the outcome. His final analysis is very worthwhile. This reviewer's one quibble is the lack of a larger scale map showing the context of the battle for the India-Burma theater. Highly recommended.
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  • Robert S.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2018
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    Very good book on the history of WWII in India.
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  • David K. Haynes
    5.0 out of 5 stars CBI
    Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2018
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    My Dad was in this theater. I try to read all I can about it.
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  • John William Lewis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2019
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    This book adds another title to Osprey's excellent campaign series.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars this was a battle that most americans didnt know about
    Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2018
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    really good read
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  • RAYMOND C. CLAY
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2018
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    thank you
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  • James D Glick
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of Osprey's helpful "cliff notes" for a military history topic
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2024
    Pages 4-7 provides background for the campaign. Pages 11-20 covers the commanders and units on both sides (including an Order of Battle down to battalion level). The map on p. 24 and the text on pp. 21-23 provide a nicely organized layout of the British and Japanese plans. There is a chronology (8 MAR-31 JUL 1944) on pp. 8-10. Pages 25-87 cover the Imphal campaign with lots of photographs, three two-page illustrations, and plenty of maps, but two out of three of the vaunted two-page, 3-D maps have key action near the middle of the book's crease. WHY DOES OSPREY KEEP DOING THIS? (not quite enough to knock this out of 5-stars, but close). The aftermath and the author's conclusions are on pp. 88-91, a bibliography is on p. 94, and an index is on pp. 95-96. 96 pages.

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  • Karun Mukherjee
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best operational account
    Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019
    The Osprey series campaign book Imphal 1944 is perhaps the best operational account of the battle that I have read to this date.

    The battle can be classified into 3 segments: the Japanese advance, the British defense, the Japanese withdrawal and rout. In the opening section, the author sketches the strategic background to the campaign. This is followed by a short profile of the opposing commanders and their respective war plans. Here I found authors insights useful and enriching. There is a description of Imphal and its strategic significance, for it offers the only land route of access to India.

    Towards this place streamed the British Burma Corps after they were savagely mauled by the Japanese forces in 1942.
    The author argues had the Japanese chose to pursue the fleeing Burma Corps they would have been nothing to stop them from thrusting into the heart of India. India’s northeast lay completely at their mercy. By not doing Tokyo missed a golden opportunity which would not come again. The Allied High Command realizing its vulnerability lost no time in strengthening the region’s defenses.

    The Japanese considered an advance toward India which lay beyond the Chindwin River and jungle-covered mountains beyond their capability. However, this perception changed after the British let loose an operation called Long Cloth in 1943. Popularly called Chindits, 5000 men operating from bases in Imphal struck behind the Japanese lines in upper Burma severing its line of communications. Now it was realized the mountains no longer posed an obstacle. Soon a dangerous reality dawned; Manipur could become a launchpad for retaking Burma.

    The Japanese invasion, therefore, should be considered a pre-emptive strike. The intention of IGHQ was purely defensive in nature. They wished to keep Burma safe by disrupting the British preparations for staging a counter-offensive. However, the Japanese commander of the 15th Army Mutaguchi Renya had other designs. He planned a full-scale invasion of India.

    What needs to be noted the Japanese strike came along multiple axes: southwest, southeast, Of these, the thrust from the northeast axis was perhaps the most dangerous, for the British considering the bad quality of the roads in the region never anticipated an advance from this direction. Units of the INA also advanced alongside the Japanese. They had their moment of glory when they unfurled the national tricolor at Moirang. However, this achievement proved ephemeral in nature.

    Defense resembled spokes of a wheel with Imphal forming the hub. The Japanese advance was fought to a standstill and kept at arm’s length from the city though it remained besieged for 3 months. Its defense gave some anxious moments for the British. The Japanese 33rd division had cut off the retreat of the Indian 17th division in the southwest on the Tiddim road which pulled the reserves of the British 4th Corps to the south suddenly leaving Imphal vulnerable to the Japanese 15th division bearing down from the northeast. The situation was saved by the timely arrival of the Indian 5th division airlifted from Arakan region in Burma. For the first time in the history of war, an entire division was transported by air.

    This brings us to another aspect of the campaign: the critical role played by air power in the defense of Imphal. The airfields dotting the city were the key to its defense. The units of the British 4th corps cut off were supplied from the air. Besides bringing reinforcements, war material airplanes were used to evacuate the wounded. All these made possible by complete air supremacy established by the Allied air forces.

    Despite airpower all the hard fighting was done by the soldiers in the ground. And this turned out to be an Indian affair, according to the author. Indian/Gurkha fought alongside the British units. The siege of the city was finally lifted on 22nd June 1944, when the simultaneous advance of British forces thrusting from north of Imphal and south of Kohima effected a junction. The key feature of this effort was the battle for milestone 109. The author has outlined the reasons why it was necessary to reopen the road link to Dimapur cut by the Japanese.

    The book features color plate illustrations and some superb maps. With its help, I was able to draw a sharp and accurate picture of the battle and how it panned out. Also, a reader could get clear picture geography of Manipur; useful for those who are planning a visit to the place.

    I have no qualms in giving 5 stars for the book; highly recommended for World War II enthusiasts and military aficionados.
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  • John
    5.0 out of 5 stars A fine read
    Reviewed in Australia on January 31, 2024
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    The authors reverence of the great sacrifices Indian, Gurkha and British soldiers made to end the threat of Japanese invasion of India shines through. Awesome detail
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  • OttoMartin
    5.0 out of 5 stars buen libro
    Reviewed in Spain on September 4, 2022
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    me ha gustado, esta bien escrito y para ser una batalla tan compleja se entiende bien
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  • SAnders
    5.0 out of 5 stars Slim's Victory Stops the Japanese wave
    Reviewed in Canada on June 28, 2018
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    Very good introduction or overview to the important events leading up to and of the actual Imphal battle itself and the attempted Japanese invasion of India. Excellent maps with detailed graphics showing both the individual units involved in the conflict and their locations during the battle. The book also includes some excellent photographs of the battlefield that demonstrate the intensity of the fighting.
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  • steve
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent description of an epic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2018
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    Excellent description of an epic... Sharp, Concise and Memorable.. the style reminds me of Martin Middlebrook, Would welcome more from this author. The big selling point of Osprey are the maps, unfortunately they do not always mesh the mapping with the narrative. On this occasion, they got it spot on,and the mapping is supportive and fully relevant. Compare to the companion volume published some time ago re. the Battle of Kohima where the mapping does not adequately support the narrative. Just saying should any Osprey staff look in here!
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  • James Cannon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Factual account of an interesting historical event
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2022
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    Nothing to dislike
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