<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Isazi-mlando esisemthethweni saseBrithani, uStanley Kirby, sabhala ukuthi isigaba saseBrithani esiqeqeshwe kahle nesinolwazi kakhulu sahlukaniswa ukuze kuqiniswe amaSpecial Force, agcina eqoqe ingxenye yesithupha yezempi eSouth East Asia Command. Wanquma ukuthi ukube lo mkhakha wawulondoloziwe, wawungaqinisa i - Fourteenth Army, okwenza ukuvikela i - Imphal neKohima  <response>: ngo-1944 kwakulula. Isazi-mlando uF. W. Perry sabhala, kunzima ukugwema isiphetho sokuthi imiphumela eyafinyelelwa yileli butho ayizange imelele inzuzo eyanele yemithombo eyafakwa. Uqhube wathi leli butho lalihlomile kancane kakhulu ukuthi lingakwazi ukuthatha izikhundla eziqinile noma ukuzibamba uma lithunjiwe, waphetha ngokuthi iSpecial Force yalimaza kakhulu futhi yaphazamisa iButho LaseBrithani kunalokho eyake yakwenza kumaJapane. Ngokufanayo, uSlim wathi ezincwadini zakhe zokukhumbula ukuthi kwakuyiphutha ukuhlukanisa i-70th Division njengoba kwakuwukuphela kweqembu laseBrithani elaliqeqeshwe empini yasehlathini, nokuthi bekuzoba ngempumelelo ephindwe kabili njengendlela ejwayelekile enolwazi kunalokho okubonakalisiwe njengengxenye ye-Special Force. 