<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi wakatevera, rutivi rwokumberi rweBritain rwakatanga kugadzirira denho yechiJapan yaikarirwa. Muna March, Japan yakapinda muIndia, uye ipapo yakakomberedza Imphal neKohima. Mukupindura, 2nd Division yakapiwa kuBritish Fourteenth Army ndokurairwa kuenda kuChittagong. Somuuyo wokurwa paKohima, boka racho rakatamisirwa kudunhu reAssam. Mushure mokutamira kwe, divi rakatanga kurwisa musi wa 12 Kubvumbi. Pamwe chete ne7th Indian Infantry Division, boka racho rakatyora kukombwa kweKohima neJapan  <response>: uye akavamanikidza kudzokera shure. Vachifambira mberi vakananga kuImphal, boka racho rakarwa hondo dzinoverengeka nemauto eJapan. Musi wa 20 Chikumi, divi racho rakabatana nemauto eBritish Indian akanga afambira mberi kubva kuImphal, izvo zvakagumisa kukombwa ikoko. Mukati mekurwa uku, chikamu chakabatsira mukuparadzwa kweJapan 31st Division, uye vakatambura 2,125 vakakuvara. 