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...capital of the little state of Manipur. It lies in a swampy valley, famous in agriculture for its rice and tea production, famous in sport as the place where polo was invented. Last week it threatened to become famous militarily as the place where the Allies' Burma campaign of 1943-44 came...
Crossing the Chin and Naga Hills, three Japanese columns of uncertain strength were converging on Imphal, which lies just a little to the east of the lateral railroad that extends 250 miles to Ledo-the supply route for General Stilwell's forces advancing into northern Burma and for the goods that are shipped over the Hump by air to China. If the Japanese should take Imphal-last week they were only 30 miles away-they would be within reach of the railroad through which flow the supplies for both Stilwell and China...
Objectives. In their drive across the Indian border's mountains the Japanese might intend: 1) to cut the railroad and collapse the Allied offensive in North Burma and cut off supplies from China; 2) to start a political offensive without attempting any serious military venture...
...three points near the Burma-India line the Japanese counterattacked. They crossed the Chindwin River in force, at week's end were almost across the Indian border to Manipur. If they succeeded in reaching their goal (Stilwell's and Chennault's supply lines), the Japs might make the other actions look like tea parties, might nullify all Allied gains since they ran Stilwell out of Burma two years...
Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten, handsome, debonair Allied chief for Southeast Asia, slapped in the left eye by a stalk of bamboo while on a jeep tour of the Burma front, was treated for a minor face...