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Burma- (modern day) Myanmar
the war that was mentioned in the chapter is actually the imphal-kohima war (world war II), even though it was a very fierce battle with more than 50,000 causalities, its known as the "forgotten battle" because only a fraction of people remember it. India and japan later signed a peace treaty in 1952. AND IM CRYINGGG WTF WHY IS THIS STORY SO HEARTWRENCHING-