Sibling Rivalry #13 - Fourteen Days in December: The Lightning Campaign and the Fall of Dhaka

Pakistan’s desperate, failed preemptive air strikes on December 3, India's multi-pronged invasion of East Pakistan, the naval blockade, the collapse of Pakistan's "fortress defence" strategy, the threat of the US Seventh Fleet, and the historic surrender of 93,000 Pakistani soldiers at the Dhaka Race Course.Includes extracts from Archival speeches by Mrs Indira Gandhi, Gen Yahya Khan and Zulfikar Bhutto.Sources - The Blood telegram -Gary Jonathan BassThe origins of war in South Asia-Sumit Ganguly Interview with History - Oriana FallaciZulfi Bhutto of Pakistan- His Life & Times - Stanley WolpertDeclassified US State Department and CIA Documents The Betrayal of East Pakistan - A.A.K. Niazi Through the 1971 Crisis- An Eyewitness Account by a Soldier - Hakeem Arshad Qureshi  #IndiaPakistanWar #IndiraGandhi #IndianHistory #IndoPak #SouthAsia #HistoryPodcast