The village that beat two empires
If the Siege of Kohima isn’t as instantly recognisable to western ears as earlier battles involving similarly catastrophic slaughter - like the Gallipoli landings or the nightmarish Third Battle of Ypres - it may be because of the fact that the bulk
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By Fergal Keane
Harper Press, €27
If the Siege of Kohima isn’t as instantly recognisable to western ears as earlier battles involving similarly catastrophic slaughter - like the Gallipoli landings or the nightmarish Third Battle of Ypres - it may be because of the fact that the bulk of those who died were not European.
In one sense Kohima could be termed ...
