Tintin,
This is the truth.
"Lt. Gen. Sagat Singh and Major Gen. Nagra had used their own initiative, drive and professional acumen to achieve a dazzling victory."
However, this was possible because all sector commanders (4 of them, Zia (Z force), Khaled Musharraf (K force), Safiullah (S force), forgot the other) were in sync and advancing towards dhaka in the same time form different direction (November of 71). It was Khaled Musharraf's troops (sector 2 - camp at Agartala) who were incharge of doing strike and hide in Dhaka the entire time of the war, came first. Dhaka's fall was initated from the east, not north. The Indian generals came only after KM took control of Dhaka cantonment. But in all front, it was the Mukit bahini who fought against the Pakistani soldiers on ground. Indian troops were engaged from the back. Counter shelling the Pakistani strong holds and cockfighting in the air.
The Indian higher ups (Field marshall Manekshaw and Co.) had no clue how fast the Pakistanis were retrieving and how fast their posts in different cities were falling. They had no idea how long the war would last. They were anticipating for the war to last at least 2 years before America and China got involved. All blessing to the Almighty that didn't happen.
Hope this helps.
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The Weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the Strong." - Gandhi.
Last edited by Tigers_eye; May 23, 2007 at 10:21 AM..
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