Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ọnwa Machị, ndị Japan mere mwakpo kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ (nke a kpọrọ Operation U-Go) na Manipur. Mgbe a chụpụchara ya n'agha Arakan, ngalaba ahụ gara n'okporo ụzọ na ụgbọ okporo ígwè gaa Dimapur, ebe ọ nọ n'okpuru iwu nke XXXIII Corps ma sonye na
Agha nke Kohima. Ndi 161st Indian Brigade, nke so na 5th Indian Division, batara n'okpuru iwu, ebe ndi 89th Brigade bugara Imphal, iji dochie 161st Brigade na 5th Division. Na mbido ọnwa Mee, ndị 33rd Brigade weghachiri ugwu Kohima, ebe ndị isi nke ngalaba weghachitere obodo Naga n'ebe ugwu ugwu. N'oge ngwụcha ọnwa ahụ na mbido ọnwa June, ndị otu ahụ gara n'ihu n'ime oke mmiri ozuzo n'okporo ụzọ dị egwu n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke isi ụzọ si Kohima gaa Imphal, wee kpochapụ ndị Japan na Ukhrul.