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Manipuri director unearths untold story of WW-II
Nagaland Post | Agencies | New Delhi, Sep 10
In March 1944, the Japanese 15th Army under Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi mounted a full-scale invasion on India via Manipur and Nagaland. Under the ‘U-Go Offensive’, these troops reached the gates of Imphal and Kohima, and it appeared it would not be long before they reached the Brahmaputra Valley. Only one force stood in its way -the British Indian Army. In the ensuing battles, the Japanese suffered immense losses.
Mohen Naorem’s My Japanese Niece traces the fascinating journey of discovery of a young Japanese woman, Asada, who comes to Manipur to pay homage to her uncle who was presumed dead in that campaign.
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