<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo:  <response>: Ukuhlaselwa kweKohima kwakuyiphutha elibizayo, okwagcina kukuphoqelele ukuba lihlehle ngendlela eyinhlekelele. I-Japanese 33rd Division, i-Japanese 15th Division kanye ne-INA 1st Division babebhekane nesiphetho esifanayo e-Imphal. AmaJapane namabutho awo ahlangene alahlekelwa okungenani abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu abafile. Eminyakeni eyedlule kwakukhona ukuzola phakathi nenkathi yezimvula kodwa hhayi kulo nyaka 194445. Umyalo wanquma ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokukhomba inhliziyo yebutho laseJapane eBurma. Uhlelo lukaJenene uWilliam Bill Slim ezinyangeni zezimvula zaseMonsun kwakuwukujaha amaJapane anqotshiwe eKohima nasemathafeni ase-Imphal ne-5th Indian Infantry Division phansi kweTiddim Road kanye ne-11th East African Division phansi kweKabaw Valley, kuze kube yilapho laba ababili behlangana eKalemyo. Icebo elilandelayo lokuhlasela laligxile ekuqashweni kweCentral Burma, eningizimu yeMandalay ukuze kusetshenziswe eningizimu futhi kubhujiswe amabutho aseJapane eShawbo Plains, enyakatho ye-Irrawaddy, lapho kungasetshenziswa khona izikhali. Amabutho ahlangene awela uMfula i-Chindwin futhi izihloko zombili ze-corps ze-Fourteenth Army i-IV ne-XXXIII Corps zazihambela ezindaweni ezikhethiwe zempi, okwamangaza amaJapane njengoba ayengazange alindele noma yimiphi imisebenzi emikhulu ngesikhathi semvula. Manje iButho Leshumi Nesine laseBrithani lase libhekene nesithiyo esikhulu i-Irrawaddy esasigadwe amaJapane azimisele. UMfula i - Irrawaddy ophakathi kwawo ubanzi futhi ugcwele izihlabathi eziyingozi nezishintshashintshayo. Ukuwela okuqondile okuphambene kwakuyobiza kakhulu futhi kube namaphesenti aphansi empumelelo. 