The Siege of Kohima Audio Book
The Siege of Kohima
“During the last five years I have researched the Siege and taken accounts from those that were there. Unfortunately memories have faded in some cases where in others, they are still vivid.
This book details the experiences of the Fourth Battalion of the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment during the Siege and defence of the Garrison of Kohima.
It tells of personal experiences and the individual thoughts of the men as some four hundred and forty six ‘West Kents,’ together with the Assam Regiment and Assam Rifles held nearly fifteen thousand fanatical Japanese soldiers at bay for sixteen days until relief arrived.
Although this was probably the most important battle of the Second World War, a turning point in favour of the allies, it went unnoticed in the bigger picture and gave rise to the troops becoming known as the ‘Forgotten Army.’
Many of them have told me that they refuse to be forgotten and have freely given me details of the Siege so that the truth is known once and for all.
Their story is told through the eyes of my father, Raymond Street, who still today has vivid memories of that time and gives a detailed and an in-depth account of what the day-to-day events were like. The story may be disjointed in part where their recollection of exact events was not available, however, it has been left this way. To resort to invention would detract from these mens’ achievements” - Robert Street
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