Kammala wannan jumlar: A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Dimapur ita ce cibiyar aiki tsakanin Indiya ta Biritaniya da Masarautar Japan. Shi ne wurin da aka shirya don kai farmaki na Allied. Jafananci na iya isa Kohima inda aka kafa siege. Allied reinforcement ya zo ta Dimapur ta hanyar dogo da hanya don turawa da Jafananci. An kuma yi amfani da filin jirgin sama a Dimapur don samar da kayan aiki ga sojojin da ke kawance a Burma.
Yaƙin Kohima kimanin kilomita 77 daga Dimapur ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin juzu'i don janyewar Jafananci daga kudu maso gabashin Asiya.