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Battle of Kangla Tongbi
April 10 , 2019
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- The Platinum Jubilee of the Battle of Kangla Tongbi War was commemorated on 7th April 2019 by Army Ordnance Corps at Kangla Tongbi War Memorial near Imphal.
- It is considered one of the fiercest battles of World War II.
- It was fought by ordnance personnel of 221 Advance Ordnance Depot (AOD) on the night of 6/7 April 1944 against Japanese forces.
- This battle was one of the turning points of the Japan’s Burma Campaign, part of the South-East Asian Theatre of the Second World War.
- The Battle of Kohima was simultaneously fought alongside this battle. Japan faced one of its largest defeats in both the battles.
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