Kammala wannan jumla: An kaddamar da babban hare-haren Japan a tsakiyar gaba a Assam. Yayin da wani bangare ya ci gaba zuwa
Kohima don ware IV Corps, babban jikin ya yi ƙoƙari ya kewaye kuma ya hallaka IV Corps a Imphal. Tunda harin Jafananci a Arakan ya riga ya gaza, an tashi da mayaƙan da ke fama da yaƙi daga Arakan don taimaka wa sojojin da aka kewaye a Assam. Hakanan, an tura Corps na XXXIII daga kudancin Indiya, inda suke horarwa don ayyukan amphibious, don sauƙaƙe sansanin soja a Kohima sannan kuma su matsa don sauƙaƙe Imphal.