Not Ordinary Men: The Story of the Battle of Kohima

by John Colvin

Book Overview

Having driven the British and Indian Forces out of Burma in 1942, General Mutaguchi, Commanding the 15th Japanese Army, was obsessed by the conquest of India. In 1944 the British 14th Army, under its commander General Slim, drew back to the Imphal Plain, before Mutaguchi s impending offensive.

To the north, however, the entire Japanese 31 Division had crossed the Chindwin and, on April 5, arrived at the hill-station and road junction of Kohima,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0850529670
• ISBN13: 9780850529678
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 7.3"