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This actually is very interesting. Indians had oneAdd to this, single Pakistan Airforce squadron of F-86 Sabres with 16 aircraft facing Ten Indian Air Force's squadrons. Three of these equipped with MiG-21s with the rest made up of SU-7s, Hunters, Gnats and Canbera bombers plus Caribou transport converted for night bombing.
The single PAF squadron was grounded within 48 hours of hostilities... Before that in combat, it shot down 11 Indian jets for the loss of five F-86s.
In subsequent two weeks of the war, the IAF continued to bomb the single PAF airbase but failed to hit even one of the eleven grounded Sabres. However in the process lost another 17 aircraft to Pak army gunners.
It might had to do with runway repair as well.This actually is very interesting. Indians had one. One airfield that cannot be relocated, still they could not destroy it completely. Even a carefully conceived elongated OCA over Dhaka could have been used to lure the PAF into a flock of fighters (10:1 advantage in India's favor).
Initial goal was to secure the highway and was achieved with bofor guns bombarding the peaks. And other peaks were isolated from getting support from the base. Hence less than ideal situation but we were able to starve the troops on the peaks. Your narrative that it was mujahideen that occupied the peaks was busted when we captured your army men. We were successful in building international pressure on your country to withdraw your forces. Your government got toppled by your military and rest is history. So, tell me what have you achieved by this military operation other than occupy few peaks. Your elected government was toppled and you had to face military rule for a decade.Arnab does what arnab wants, he's a funny bastard. But that doesn't mean to say that others didn't fan out the propaganda further, spewing it all over the Internet.
I agree with the rest of your post up until you mention 65 and kargil.
With 65 and Kargil, it was India that pushed past the IB and formally declared war on Pakistan, with the aim of taking Lahore, Singh and GT Road. None of those objectives were met. Every single one of them failed miserably. As for Kargil, India did not complete operation vijay which was to take back all the peaks and posts occupied by Pakistan. India only took back 2 in the initial conflict and later took 2 more after wards. The other 4 peaks remain under Pakistani control. 8 peaks were taken, we still have half of them. That's not a victory
"They fought gallantly.." - Sam Manekshaw
"What could the poor bengali do against the pushtoons and the punjabis ?" - Sam Manekshaw
Damn hilsakhor lungi losers, Pak should be thankful we cured their cancerous wart of an eastern wing.
1971 atrocities in the East and loss was all about the military and political leadership and not junior officers and soldiers. The leadership failed them.They fought gallantly.." - Sam Manekshaw
@Signalian this was the stamp released by your very own Pakistan. Read the numbers carefully.
Everything changes post facto with Pakistan. Why? Gradual change of facts to twist and change the history.
For Paksiatn, 1965 was a win. There have been many attempts already to turn Kargil into a victory. Now it’s turn of 1971?
East Pakistan was part of Pakistan. Pakistan should have deployed adequate assets for its security. Why didn’t you? Because it wasn’t considered Pakistan enough? What a shameful fact.
Later on claiming “we lost because of inadequate forces” smells of refusing to face the facts.Your entire Army was intact or you could have done this or that has no meaning now. Your Lt Gen sat down and signed the surrender papers. Pakistan surrendered on that fateful day.
Now claiming in hindsight that you could have fought on and defeated the entire universe is immaterial.
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Also not to forget that Pakistan army had recruited 50,000 razakars (trained irregular soldiers) to assist them in the war.
93000 POW does not include Razakars. They were not accorded the same rights under Geneva convention for POW.
Who were the Razakars?
The Razakars were an auxiliary force of the Pakistan army during the 1971 Bangladesh War. Composed of mostly pro-Pakistani Bengalis and Biharis from Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan), the approximate 50,000 Razakars assisted the army in raids against the local population and were accused of committing horrific atrocities.
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