The Western Front, Indo-Pakistan War, 1971 |
Common terms and phrases
able action advance Air Force aircraft approach Armoured Armoured Division arms Army Army Headquarters artillery assault attack battalion battle border Border Security Force bridge Brigade bunker called capture carried casualties Cease Fire Chhamb Chief clear Command communications Corps cover crossing December decided defences deployed direct east East Pakistan enemy engineers establish fact fighting fire formations forward front further given Gorkha Rifles ground Guards guns heavy held holding immediately India Infantry Brigade Infantry Division infiltrators intelligence Jammu and Kashmir less light located Major Meanwhile military moved movement Mukti Bahini night offensive officer operations opposite Pakistan pass platoon Poonch position Punjab Regiment reinforcements reported reserve responsibility result river road route sector side Sikh soon squadron Staff started strength success tanks task territory threat took troops units valley Western