The Battle of Sangshak is one of those unknown fights that laid thegroundwork for the subsequent Allied victory in World War II. In March 1944, the Japanese U-Go offensive was making gains against the mostly Indian British IV Corps as it advanced toward Kohima, a major Allied position. The India-Burma front was one of the war's backwaters, always last for equipment, weapons, and reinforcements. The soldiers in this theater had to make do with what little they had.
TriumphSangshak began when General William Slim's XIV Army released a reserve unit, the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade, from its control and sent it into the fight to bolster the hard-pressed British and Indian infantry divisions under attack by the Japanese 31st Division. This unit had two battalions, one Indian and one Gurkha, which marched to the battle due to a shortage of transport. There the brigade took control of the 4th Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, which had been left to await their arrival
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