Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Maris, Jafananci sun kaddamar da wani babban hari (mai suna Operation U-Go) a cikin Manipur. Bayan an janye shi daga yaƙe-yaƙe na Arakan, sashin ya ci gaba ta hanyar hanya da layin dogo zuwa Dimapur, inda ya kasance ƙarƙashin umarnin XXXIII Corps kuma ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Kohima. Brigade na 161 na Indiya, wani ɓangare na Rukunin Indiya na 5, ya zo ƙarƙashin umarni, yayin da aka tura Brigade na 89 zuwa Imphal, don maye gurbin Brigade na 161 a Rukunin na 5. A farkon watan Mayu, Brigade na 33 ya kammala sake kamawa na Kohima Ridge, yayin da babban ɓangaren sashin ya sake kama ƙauyen Naga a arewacin ridge. A ƙarshen watan da farkon watan Yuni, sashin ya ci gaba ta hanyar ruwan sama mai yawa tare da hanyoyi masu tsauri zuwa gabas na babban titin daga Kohima zuwa Imphal, kuma ya share Jafananci daga Ukhrul.