The battle on the tennis court in Kohima, India is described by Robert Lyman's book as a fighting ground between the Japanese and British Imperial forces for days where they threw grenades at each other, and the book paints a picture of the toughness and unyielding nature of the Japanese soldiers. The question of whether Indian troops were fighting for their independence or for the British colonial master is also brought up in Francis Pike's book, Hirohito's War.