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The Siege of Kohima is Lifted
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On the 19th of April 1944, the siege of Kohima was lifted. Corporal Roy Welland of the Royal Berkshire Regiment was one of the first relief troops to enter the Kohima perimeter and was greeted by one of the troops who helped to stop the Japanese advance into India during the Second World War. Listen to The Battles of Imphal & Kohima - Part 2 on The War Office Podcast channel now. Follow The War Office Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel.
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The bulk shows cost aside feeble
Japanese resistance. The enemy have been
pounded into submission by days of
constant bombardment.
Just before 10:00 a.m. Corporal Roy
Welland is one of the first men to reach
the trapped garrison and will later
record the greeting he received.
One chap with a bloodied bandage around
his head said, "It's good to see you,
Corp. Give them bloody hell. Black your
faces first, otherwise they will think
you are a bloody bunch of virgins."