Analysis of India's Ability to Fight a 2-front War
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Review by Brig D S Sarao
Lt Gen Zorawar Chand Bakshi, PVSM, MVC, VrC, VSM (1921-2018)
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A tribute to Zoru Bakshi by Brigadier Rattan Kaul. Indian Army Lost a Gallant Solider On 24th May 2018. Zoru as he was called by his seniors and colleagues, we younger generation of the Regiment 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) used to quietly also refer to him as Zoru, but otherwise also as General Zoru Bakshi, completed a page of Braves of Indian Army. If you asked him to what Regiment he belonged, before 1980, he would say SECOND FIVE; a diehard Second Fiver (Second Battalion the Fifth Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) till he was elected as Colonel of the Regiment in 1980.
The Birth of the Para Commandos
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This story is dedicated to Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh Padma Vibhushan, VrC, Padma Bhushan GOC-in-C Western Command 1965 and Lt Col Megh Singh Rathore VrC CO 9 PARA CDO BN..... True legends.
10 Para (SF) - Mustafas of Desert Warfare
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`Mussoorie main honeymoon manane walon ko pata chale ki IMA mein loha ban raha hai`
This is one of the many punch lines that Drill Instructors of Indian Military Academy (IMA) frequently use to encourage and push Gentleman Cadets, which would become officers of the Indian Army. Now this may be very well true and they would be making LOHA there. But the real steel is casted somewhere else – in the Special Forces battalions of the Indian Army.
Harry Kler, the man who raced to Dacca (1924 - 2016)
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H S "Harry" Kler, is well known in the war lores of the Indian Army as the Brigadier who knocked on the doors of Dacca on December 15th , 1971. Retired as a Major General, he passed away last week at 93 years of age. Wg Cdr Unni Kartha writes a tribute to the man that was in the thick of action - in all wars.
Battle of Pakokku (Irrawady River Operations)
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Brigadier Rattan Kaul of the 4/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) details the Battle of Pakokku (Irrawady river operations) during World War II, an operation that his battalion was involved with during its history.
1962 : The War that wasn't
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A first look at the book by Shiv Kunal Verma
Outline Organisation of a Standard Infantry Battalion
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Outline Organisation Structure of a Standard Infantry Battalion in the Indian Army
Battle of Sylhet
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Brigadier Rattan Kaul, commissioned and commanded 4/5 GR (FF) brings the account of the Heliborne Operations at Sylhet which led to an early surrender at Dacca. He was Forward Rifle Company Commander (Delta Company) during the Battle of Sylhet and was seriously injured in the Battle. He was also the assault company commander during the Khukri assault on Atgram.
Farthest Field : An Indian Story of the Second World War
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A review of Raghu Karnad's Farthest Field, a book that makes enjoyable reading for everyone..
Battle of Atgram
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- Written by Brigadier Rattan Kaul (4/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force))
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Brigadier Rattan Kaul brings the account of a Khukri assault launched by his battalion, which annihilated a full company of 31 Punjab Pakistan Army. The battalion infiltrated behind the Pakistan Defenses to launch the classical attack.
The author was Assault Rifle Company Commander during the Battle of Atgram.