Word: manipur
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Imphal is the capital of the little state of Manipur. It lies in a swampy valley, famous in agriculture for its rice and tea production, famous in sport as the place where polo was invented. Last week it threatened to become famous militarily as the place where the Allies' Burma campaign of 1943-44 came...
...three points near the Burma-India line the Japanese counterattacked. They crossed the Chindwin River in force, at week's end were almost across the Indian border to Manipur. If they succeeded in reaching their goal (Stilwell's and Chennault's supply lines), the Japs might make the other actions look like tea parties, might nullify all Allied gains since they ran Stilwell out of Burma two years...