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 | | However, his optimism was reflected in his evaluation: Imphal was in no danger of falling. Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Scoones, commander of the IV Corps located in the Imphal area, had laid out his defenses so that he could react to threats from all points of the compass. |
 | | The siege of Imphal was over, and as the monsoon rains poured down, the relentless pursuit of Mutaguchis army began. |
 | | When the smoke had cleared in the Imphal-Kohima area, the Japanese had no delusions, declaring that the disaster at Imphal was perhaps the worst of its kind yet chronicled in the annals of war. When the offensive began, the Japanese Fifteenth Army had approximately 100,000 front-line soldiers, of whom 53,000 became casualties. |
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