Kohima - Hell in the Hills

In 1944 26,000 Japanese troops surrounded 1,000 British and Indian troops in a tiny hill town called Kohima. What happened over the next few weeks would change the course of the war, and write the name Kohima into legend. If you would like to become a Patreon please see – www.patreon.com/LordHardThrasher If you want merch then there is some here - https://hardthrasher-shop.fourthwall.com If you would like to get in touch then my email is [email protected] BOOKS! A War of Empires - https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-war-of-empires/robert-lyman/9781472847157 Road of Bones - https://www.waterstones.com/book/road-of-bones/fergal-keane/9780007132416 Forgotten Armour - https://www.waterstones.com/book/forgotten-armour/jack-bowsher/9781916556386 Defeat into Victory - https://www.waterstones.com/book/defeat-into-victory/william-slim/9780330509978 Burma 44 - https://www.waterstones.com/book/burma-44/james-holland/9780552172035 As usual this is a non exhaustive list, but hopefully gives you a feel for where I’ve pulled information from; I’ve used Wikipedia articles to give you a feel for what happened when, but there is no substitute for actually sitting and reading some of the source materials, so I’d recommend the Offline section for those seriously interested in the subjects covered. Online Interview with Ursula Graham-Bower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKy3I5afxEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP4ZE8qrekQ&t=127s – Rob Lyman’s talk on Bill Slim https://www.youtube.com/@WW2TV @WW2TV Burma Week – Burma ’44 with James Holland - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRXPR0XyVQ Gurkha Regiment history of Slim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of1PffAkDjM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Burma#:~:text=The%20Japanese%20Fifteenth%20Army%2C%20commanded,Tenasserim%20across%20the%20Tenasserim%20Hills. – Wiki on the invasion of Burma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma#:~:text=The%20British%20colonial%20rule%20in,administered%20colony%2C%20and%20finally%20independence. – History of Britain in Burma Offline Burma ’44 – James Holland Courage and Other Broadcasts – Sir William Slim, edited by Dr. Robert Lyman Defeat into Victory – Field Marshal Viscount Slim Desperate Journey – Francis Clifford Undaunted Britian And the Commonwealth’s War in the Air 1939-45 Part 2 – Ben Kite Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma – Jack Bowsher Kohima 1944 – Dr Robert Lyman Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 – Fergal Keane Slim – Roland Lewin Slim, Master of War – Dr. Robert Lyman The Burma Campaign – Frank McLynn The Reconquest of Burma 1944-45 – Dr. Robert Lyman A War of Empires – Japan, India & Britain 1941-1945 – Dr. Robert Lyman Unofficial History – Field Marshal Sir William Slim – John Douglas Wikipedia Articles on Key figures Orde Wingate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orde_Wingate David “Joe” Lentaigne - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lentaigne Mountbatten - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Mountbatten#SEAC_and_Burma_campaign General Wavell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Wavell,_1st_Earl_Wavell The Auk - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Auchinleck Giffard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Giffard Slim - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Slim,_1st_Viscount_Slim Joe Stillwell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stilwell Haganah - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haganah Lt Gen Renya Mutaguchi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renya_Mutaguchi Hideki Tojo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_Tojo Shōzō Sakurai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Sakurai