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Although total Allied casualties were higher than the Japanese, the Japanese had been forced to abandon many of their wounded to die. Five thousand Japanese dead were counted on the battlefield.<ref>Allen, p.188</ref> For the first time in the [[Burma campaign]], the Japanese tactics had been countered and indeed turned against them. This was to be repeated on a far larger scale in the impending [[Battle of Imphal]]. In terms of morale also, the fact that British and Indian soldiers had held and defeated a major Japanese attack for the first time was widely broadcast.<ref>Allen, pp.187–188</ref> | Although total Allied casualties were higher than the Japanese, the Japanese had been forced to abandon many of their wounded to die. Five thousand Japanese dead were counted on the battlefield.<ref>Allen, p.188</ref> For the first time in the [[Burma campaign]], the Japanese tactics had been countered and indeed turned against them. This was to be repeated on a far larger scale in the impending [[Battle of Imphal]]. In terms of morale also, the fact that British and Indian soldiers had held and defeated a major Japanese attack for the first time was widely broadcast.<ref>Allen, pp.187–188</ref> | ||