Episode 18: Longewala

Jaws of Defeat

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

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