TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chopra, Anil
TI  - The 1971 indo - Pak Air War Reflections and Projections
SN  - 9789391490096
U1  - 358.400954 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New delhi
PB  - Kwp
KW  - War Analysis /Aerospace
N1  - index
N2  - Fifty years after the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, it is time to recollect the great military campaigns and reflect on the lessons and changes that have helped make India a stronger power. The two-front 13-day war began with the anticipated Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pre-emptive strike on December 3, 1971. Code-named “Operation Chengiz Khan”, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) targeted 11 Indian Air Force (IAF) airbases and other installations. This also paved the way for India’s formal entry into the war for East Pakistan’s Independence, and ultimately, creation of Bangladesh. The war ended with surrender of Pakistan’s Eastern Command in Dhaka on December 16, 1971 and over 93,000 Pakistani personnel were taken prisoner
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