The U Go offensive, or Operation C (ウ号作戦), was the Japanese offensive in March 1944 launched against Empire forces in the North-East Indian region of Manipur. Aimed at the direction of the Brahmaputra valley, through the two towns of Imphal and Kohima, the offensive along with the overlapping Ha Go offensive was the last of the major Japanese offensives during World War II. The offensive culminated in Battles of Imphal and Kohima where the Japane...
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The U Go offensive, or Operation C (ウ号作戦), was the Japanese offensive in March 1944 launched against Empire forces in the North-East Indian region of Manipur. Aimed at the direction of the Brahmaputra valley, through the two towns of Imphal and Kohima, the offensive along with the overlapping Ha Go offensive was the last of the major Japanese offensives during World War II. The offensive culminated in Battles of Imphal and Kohima where the Japanese and their allies were first held and then pushed back.
In 1942, the Japanese Army had driven the British, Indian and Chinese troops out of Burma. When heavy monsoon rains stopped campaigning, the British and Indian troops had occupied Imphal, the capital of Manipur state. This lay in a plain astride one of the few practicable routes over the jungle-covered mountains which separated India and Burma. The Japanese commander in Burma, Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, was asked for his opinion on whether a renewed advance should be made into...
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