When you go home, Tell them of us, and say: For their tomorrow, We gave our today

Indians had given their lives in 1944 which liberated Burma, Malaysia and Singapore by cutting off the HEAD OF JAPANESE ARMY. Other three countries need to do an easier job killing the retreating demoralised Japanese army

At the KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY in Imphal, Commemorating the memories of the British and Indian (mostly Nepal and Punjabi) soldiers who died: “FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY….”

Yes a lot of them give their lives to protect India and to liberalize Burma, Malaysia, and Singapore. Retreated badly shaped Japanese soldiers were attacked by Burmese Revolutionary Forces.

Myanmar, Malaysia and Singapore should at least accept that we all are free because the Indian soldiers cut the head of Fascist Japanese, Burmese cut-off their extremities and USA forced the British to give Independence to its colonies so that they could trade freely.

The following was copied from here , The Kohima EpitaphIn March 1944, the Japanese 31st Division moved northwestward in Burma, swept through the Naga hills, invaded India, and fell upon Imphal and Kohima. Confidently the Japanese planned to press toward the India Plains. The Allies in the CBI Theater faced a disaster of monumental proportions unless the enemy was stopped.

A crucial battle ensued at Kohima where some 2,500 British Empire troops came under siege. They fought a formidable Japanese force numbering 15,000 soldiers supported by 10,000 ammunition laden oxen. For weeks the belligerents sparred in bloody artillery duels interrupted only by hand to hand skirmishes and bayonet attacks. Finally, after 64 days, amid terrible losses on both sides, the Japanese were beaten back.

They withdrew from Kohima. Japan’s dominance in northern Burma had begun its crumble. Understandingly, the determination and gallantry shown by allied troops in the Kohima siege was quick to become the subject of poem, song, and legend.

Today in the Kohima cemetery, among the 1,378 grave markers, is the famous Kohima Memorial with its historic inscription:

“When you go home Tell them of us, and say, For their tomorrow We gave our today”Kohima Epitaph

 

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