Japan Gifts Museum of Peace to Manipur in Memory of Second World War

Japan Gifts Museum of Peace to Manipur in Memory of Second World War

• Japan has gifted a war museum called Imphal Peace Museum to Manipur on June 22, 2019 located at Red Hill, 20 km south west of Imphal.
• The museum has bene inaugurated to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal.
• The Battle of Imphal is regarded as one of the fiercest battles of World War II in which about 70,000 Japanese soldiers along with the Indian National Army, died in battles with the British-led Allied forces in areas around Imphal and Kohima from March to June 1944.