Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Webinar: The Kohima Educational Trust is delighted to present this webinar and to welcome back author and historian Harry Fecitt MBE, TD who, in conversation with Dr Robert Lyman, talks to us about Sanghshak - The First Battle for Kohima.
North east of Imphal, east of the road leading into the hills towards Kohima, lies a tangled mass of jungle covered hills in which one of the crucial battles for India was fought in the early days of the Japanese offensive in 1944. It centred around the Naga village of Sangshak.
We hear about the key figures in this critical engagement, the vital decisions they took and the extreme bravery shown, against all the odds.
By holding up the advance on Kohima, the gallant defenders of Sangshak caused irreplaceable Japanese casualties and added several days to the advance on Kohima.
Those lost days were to prove a significant factor in the eventual Japanese defeat. Sangshak was the first battle for Kohima which is, of course, another story.
Webinar: The Kohima Educational Trust is delighted to present this webinar and to welcome back author and historian Harry Fecitt MBE, TD who, in conversation with Dr Robert Lyman, talks to us about Sanghshak - The First Battle for Kohima.
North east of Imphal, east of the road leading into the hills towards Kohima, lies a tangled mass of jungle covered hills in which one of the crucial battles for India was fought in the early days of the Japanese offensive in 1944. It centred around the Naga village of Sangshak.
We hear about the key figures in this critical engagement, the vital decisions they took and the extreme bravery shown, against all the odds.
By holding up the advance on Kohima, the gallant defenders of Sangshak caused irreplaceable Japanese casualties and added several days to the advance on Kohima.
Those lost days were to prove a significant factor in the eventual Japanese defeat. Sangshak was the first battle for Kohima which is, of course, another story.
