About the Book :
In December 1971 Bangladesh was born. Its birthing was among the mostpainful of any new nation: it had suffered a brutal genocide conductedby its former countrymen from West Pakistan, and a war for liberationfought between the indigenous Mukti Bahini (Liberation Army) and theIndian Armed Forces on one side, and the West Pakistani Armed Forceson the other. Open war broke out on the Western and Eastern fronts inDecember 1971. The war ended quickly, with the West Pakistani Armysurrendering in Dacca two weeks later. A significant factor in facilitatingthe Indian Armys rapid progress to Dacca was the Indian Air Force(IAF) which proved itself to be a formidable fighting force. Eagles overBangladesh: The Indian Air Force in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation Warrecounts the IAF offensive over Bangladesh, commencing with the raidson Dacca on the first day of the war, and moving on to the final coup degrace delivered on the Governors House in Dacca. It aims to fill in thegaps regarding a military conflict that took place almost four decades ago.Eagles Over BangladeshThe Indian Air Force in the 1971Liberation WarP V S Jagan Mohan and Samir Chopra
About the Author :
Samir Chopra is Professor of Philosophy atBrooklyn College and the Graduate Centerof the City University of New York. Samiris a blogger at The Cordon, ESPN-Cricinfo,and at samirchopra.com. He runs a Tumblr atsamirchopra.tumblr.com. He can be found onTwitter as @EyeOnThePitch.P V S Jagan Mohan is a military historian. Hehas written for Vayu Aerospace Review, theJournal of the Society of Aerospace Studies inIndia; his photographs have been published inIndia Today, Indian Express, Air Forces Monthly,Air International, Aeroplane Magazine, Flypast,Flugzeug Classic, Classic Wings Down Underand Wiraze. He maintains a website devotedto vintage aircraft.
About the Book :In December 1971 Bangladesh was born. Its birthing was among the mostpainful of any new nation: it had suffered a brutal genocide conductedby its former countrymen from West Pakistan, and a war for liberationfought between the indigenous Mukti Bahini (Liberation Army) and theIndian Armed Forces on one side, and the West Pakistani Armed Forceson the other. Open war broke out on the Western and Eastern fronts inDecember 1971. The war ended quickly, with the West Pakistani Armysurrendering in Dacca two weeks later. A significant factor in facilitatingthe Indian Armys rapid progress to Dacca was the Indian Air Force(IAF) which proved itself to be a formidable fighting force. Eagles overBangladesh: The Indian Air Force in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation Warrecounts the IAF offensive over Bangladesh, commencing with the raidson Dacca on the first day of the war, and moving on to the final coup degrace delivered on the Governors House in Dacca. It aims to fill in thegaps regarding a military conflict that took place almost four decades ago.Eagles Over BangladeshThe Indian Air Force in the 1971Liberation WarP V S Jagan Mohan and Samir ChopraAbout the Author :Samir Chopra is Professor of Philosophy atBrooklyn College and the Graduate Centerof the City University of New York. Samiris a blogger at The Cordon, ESPN-Cricinfo,and at samirchopra.com. He runs a Tumblr atsamirchopra.tumblr.com. He can be found onTwitter as @EyeOnThePitch.P V S Jagan Mohan is a military historian. Hehas written for Vayu Aerospace Review, theJournal of the Society of Aerospace Studies inIndia; his photographs have been published inIndia Today, Indian Express, Air Forces Monthly,Air International, Aeroplane Magazine, Flypast,Flugzeug Classic, Classic Wings Down Underand Wiraze. He maintains a website devotedto vintage aircraft.