From the archive record
World War II Tank at Kohima and also shots of the Kohima village main gate . Welcome to T-Khel near the Baptist Mission Church in Kohima. Viewer veecee tells us that "This is NOT the M3 Grant Tank, it is the M3 LEE tank. The Grant was of British manufacture and had a bulbous turret. This is the original American Lee version." The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U Go offensive into India in 1944 in the Second World War. The battle was fought in three stages from 4 April to 22 June 1944 around the town of Kohima in north-east India. It is often referred to as the "Stalingrad of the East". From 3 to 16 April, the Japanese attempted to capture Kohima ridge, a feature which dominated the road by which the besieged British and Indian troops of IV Corps at Imphal were suppl