Picto Diary- 23 September 2019 - Edinburgh Part 1
Above: Seabourn Ovation. Firth of Forth. Scotland. 23 September 2019.
Out and about in Edinburg.
Our ship berthed in Firth of Forth as seen from Edinburgh Castle.
Above: Battle of Kohima. Edinburgh Castle Military Museum. Edinburgh, Scotland. 23 September 2019.
Out and about in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Castle has a wonderful military museum. I first visited this museum in 2009 with TIMDT, El Contadore, Eton Mum, The Prosecutor, and The Litigator.
On today's visit, I came across a section of the museum describing The Battle of Kohima. We will be visiting Kohima in December of this year, so I paid keen attention.
The Battle of Kohima was the turning point of the Japanese U Go offensive into India in 1944 during the Second World War. The battle was fought in three stages from 4 April to 22 June 1944 around the town of Kohima in Nagaland in northeast India. From 3 to 16 April, the Japanese attempted to capture Kohima ridge, a feature which dominated the road by which the besieged British and Indian troops of IV Corps at Imphalwere supplied. By mid-April, the small British and Indian force at Kohima.
From 18 April to 13 May, British and Indian reinforcements counter-attacked to drive the Japanese from the positions they had captured. The Japanese abandoned the ridge at this point but continued to block the Kohima–Imphal road. From 16 May to 22 June, the British and Indian troops pursued the retreating Japanese and reopened the road. The battle ended on 22 June when British and Indian troops from Kohima and Imphal met at Milestone 109, ending the Siege of Imphal.
The battle is often referred to as the "Stalingrad of the East". In 2013, the British National Army Museum voted the Battle of Imphal and Kohima to be "Britain's Greatest Battle".
The Battle of Kohima occured coincident with D Day and as such gets short shrift in World War II attention space.
Above: TIMDT, Hoops, and Bronx Girl walk The Golden Mile. Edinburgh, Scotland. 23 September 2019.
Out and about in Edinburgh.
Above: Begonias and petunias. Alabbanach Whisky Bar. Edinburgh, Scotland. 23 September 2019.
Out and about in Edinburgh.
Addendum:
DR Greg Book is an excellent read .
MR Z3,
Oxnard, CA
Wow Steve! Was in Scotland last year but never saw anything like this.
Thanks,
Love,
Saker
Mumbai, India
Very interesting. Thank-you.
Mr. Z3,
Oxnard, CA
I hear Richard Strauss ... Also Sprach!!
Music in the Mountains,
Fond du Lac, WI
Great info, Steve. Thanks.
Brandman,
Ventura, CA