Battle of the Tennis Court

When

8 Apr 1944 – 13 May 1944

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

25.67° N, 94.10° E

Description

part of the Battle of Kohima in North East India in 1944

War

World War II

Part of the Battle of Kohima in North East India in 1944

The Battle of the Tennis Court was part of the wider Battle of Kohima that was fought in North East India from 4 April to 22 June 1944 during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War. The Japanese advance into India was halted at Kohima in April 1944 and Garrison Hill, on a long wooded ridge on a high ridge west of the village, was, according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission the scene of "perhaps the most…

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