The purpose of the Imphal strategy (From Japanese site)
(1) Reservation of the communications route of a Japanese army
(2) Occupation of the long-range bomber (B-29) base of the U.S. Forces (second stage?)
etc.
But B-29 base was mainly Kharagpur. Far from Imphal.(Almost 1000km) ???
There are opinions in Japan that,
(1)The IJA made the China battle line expand by Chinese provocation.
(2)The ABCD encirclement exercised by the China battle line expansion forced Japan into the war.
(3)Independence of Asian countries was promoted by the Pacific War.
(4)China has still repeated the provocation to Japan in the outskirts of the Senkaku Islands.
It said roughly, the charge of the IJA was a battle line for China, and the charge of the IJN was a battle line for the United States.
The battle of Guadalcanal was a combined action of the IJN and the IJA.
