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15th May 1944: The vital position on the Kohima ridge is held after a week of bitter fighting

May 15, 2024
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KOHIMA. Looking east, with Jail Hill in the centre with main road running round it and disappearing through the cutting. Treasury Hill and Assam Rifles Barracks are slightly left and the Naga Village extreme top left.

In May 1944 the Queens Royal Regiment were already veterans of the campaign in Burma. They had been engaged in the Arakan campaign, where …

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