White Tigers

In early March, the Japanese 15th Army launched Operation U-GO to capture the highland town of Imphal, a vital British base in Assam. As part of the offensive, Lt.-General Yanagida’s veteran 33rd Infantry Division, known as the “White Tigers”, attacked north along the Tiddim Road. By mid-April its …

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In early March, the Japanese 15th Army launched Operation U-GO to capture the highland town of Imphal, a vital British base in Assam. As part of the offensive, Lt.-General Yanagida’s veteran 33rd Infantry Division, known as the “White Tigers”, attacked north along the Tiddim Road. By mid-April its advance had ground to a halt about twenty miles from Imphal, where for the next few weeks it exchanged blows with the 17th Indian Division over possession of several villages along the road. One of these, Ningthoukhong, changed hands twice as both sides committed armor over ground now saturated by the breaking monsoon rains. On June 7th, the Japanese threw the last of their tanks into the battle for the village.

Ningthoukhong, India

The U Go offensive, or Operation C, was the Japanese offensive launched in March 1944 against forces of the British Empire in the northeast Indian regions of Manipur and the Naga Hills (then administered as part of Assam). Aimed at the Brahmaputra Valley, through the two towns of Imphal and Kohima, the offensive along with the overlapping Ha Go offensive was one of the last major Japanese offensives during the Second World War. The offensive culminated in the Battles of Imphal and Kohima, where the Japanese and their allies were first held and then pushed back.

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