Talk:Battle of Imphal

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Contents 1 No. 152 Squadron RAF 2 Imphal Box 3 Japanese plan 4 WikiProject class rating 5 Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

[edit] No. 152 Squadron RAF

I feel that the inclusion of this squadron is arbitrary, possibly a tribute reference. In my view the RAF Third Tactical Air Force article gives a much truer list of the squadrons involved, and a link to that (which I've made) ought to suffice. I would propose dropping the 152 squadron reference.

--David Woolley 00:30, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Imphal Box

My understanding is that the Imphal seige is often called the Imphal box but that term doesn't appear in the article. It does appear in a handful of Google hits, mainly in contexts where the authors seems to assume it is already common currency. I also believe I've heard it in my oral family history. It may well be used in the ITV World at War TV series, but my rather, rather than I, have the tape of that.

--David Woolley 00:30, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Imphal Box may be misleading. I don't recall seeing the term in any contemporary accounts. The defence of the plain was originally based on several "Boxes", each set up for all-round defence, and the Imphal Box may refer only to the single defensive area near Kanglatongbi airstrip, which during the siege was not directly attacked.

HLGallon 01:40, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese plan

I have modified some assertions in this paragraph:

"...Mutaguchi's poor timing with regard to weather." The Japanese timing depended on the arrival of necessary reinforcements; 31st Division from Malaya and 15th Division from Thailand. The late arrival of these divisions was an indirect result of the hesitation at various superior HQ over the operation.

Mutaguchi' dismissal of Indian troops as inferior. Mutaguchi had direct experience of defeating badly trained British and Indian troops in Malaya and Singapore. I doubt whether any Indian performance in the Eighth Army would be relevant to his views. HLGallon 11:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

• Ensured that the article is: within project scope, tagged for task forces, and assessed for class.

• This article would benefit from: additional in-text citations. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:12, 26 April 2008 (UTC)