Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushandirapamwe weArakan
Kurwisana kwakatanga muna December 1942, kwaiitwa nevakanga vakagadzirirwa panguva iyoyo, 14th Indian Infantry Division, kwakakundikana. Murwiwo zvake weBritain noweIndia akanga asina kurovedzwa zvakakodzera nokuda kwokurwisana mumasango, uko pamwe chete nokukurirwa kunodzokororwa kwakakanganisa ushingi. Ikoku kwakawedzera nemhaka yokutarisirwa kwakashata munharaunda dzokumashure. Zvirongwa zvokuwedzera zvakatumirwa kuzotsiva vakakuvadzwa zvakawanwa mune zvimwe zviitiko kuti zvakanga zvisina kunyange kupedza rovedzo yapakuvamba. Paivawo nemibvunzo yakabvunzwa pamusoro pekugona kwevakuru vakuru vehondo yeIndia, izvo zvakatungamira mukugadzirwa kwechinzvimbo cheSupreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, zvichisiya mukuru wemauto kuti afunge nezvekuchengetedzeka kwemukati uye manejimendi. Paiva nebasa rokuronda risingachinji uye hondo dzisinganyanyi kukosha kumaodzanyemba kweImphal, asi hapana hondo yaiva nezvinhu zvokushandisa kuita mabasa anokosha. 17th Division yakabata nzvimbo dzakapoteredza guta reTiddim kumaodzanyemba kweImphal, uye yakatarisana nezvikamu zve33rd Japanese Division. MaJapan aiva nomugwagwa wakapfupika uye uri nyore wokugovera zvinhu kubva pachiteshi cheKalewa paRwizi rweChindwin uye akanga ane simba guru kwechikamu chikuru cha1942 na1943.