On this day in military history

Quite a few military anniversaries today. Two from last century were the Battle of Avre in 1918, a British victory in the Great War of 1914-18, and the start of the Battle of Kohima in 1944.
In many ways Kohima was to the Far East what El Alemein was to North Africa. Kohima marked the Japanese high tide mark and their greatest defeat in that theatre when Slim's British and Indian armies smashed them and they began their long retreat.

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Texuk · 61-69, M

Thankfully it was the begin the end

MandyMitchell · 80-89, F

@Texuk In both cases; in the First World War Haig was pushing back the Germans, defeating them in battle after battle after four years of absolute carnage, and in the Second World War, Kohima marked the Japanese High Tide and Slim- in my opinion the best general of the war - pushed them back all the way to Rangoon.

Texuk · 61-69, M

@MandyMitchell yes again thankfully all sides of the Axis ultimately overreached

MandyMitchell · 80-89, F

@Texuk as you say - thankfully.