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Episode 18: Longewala
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This week on Jaws of Defeat, we look at the Battle of Longewala from the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. This episode has it all: 20:1 odds, poor planning, and tanks trying to maneuver in sand.
Sources:
An Assessment of the Battle of Longewala by Thakur K. S. Ludra
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010113/windows/main4.htm
The Greatest Underdog Story Ever Told - The Battle Of Longewala, Indo-Pak War 1971 by Abhishek Saksena
https://www.indiatimes.com/culture/who-we-are/the-greatest-underdog-story-ever-told-the-battle-of-longewala-indopak-war-1971_-233975.html
Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report
https://web.archive.org/web/20120304011310/http://www.pppusa.org/Acrobat/Hamoodur%20Rahman%20Commission%20Report.pdf
Indian-Pakistan War of 1971: A Modern War by Major R.G. Kyle, Royal Canadian Artillery
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1984/KRG.htm
Battle (Normal)-Boxcat Games
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 license
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Mission-Boxcat Games
35 episoder
Manage episode 190861889 series 1347004
This week on Jaws of Defeat, we look at the Battle of Longewala from the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. This episode has it all: 20:1 odds, poor planning, and tanks trying to maneuver in sand.
Sources:
An Assessment of the Battle of Longewala by Thakur K. S. Ludra
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010113/windows/main4.htm
The Greatest Underdog Story Ever Told - The Battle Of Longewala, Indo-Pak War 1971 by Abhishek Saksena
https://www.indiatimes.com/culture/who-we-are/the-greatest-underdog-story-ever-told-the-battle-of-longewala-indopak-war-1971_-233975.html
Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report
https://web.archive.org/web/20120304011310/http://www.pppusa.org/Acrobat/Hamoodur%20Rahman%20Commission%20Report.pdf
Indian-Pakistan War of 1971: A Modern War by Major R.G. Kyle, Royal Canadian Artillery
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1984/KRG.htm
Battle (Normal)-Boxcat Games
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 license
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Mission-Boxcat Games
35 episoder
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