Verma, Ashok Kalyan

Bridge on the river Meghna: the Dash to Dhaka / Ashok Kalyan Verma - New Delhi: K.W. Pub. in association with Centre for Land Warfare Studies, c2009. - x, 181 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (3 folded).

1. The Veterans in Bangladesh -- 2. Why This Book! -- 3. Uprising and Tripura -- 4. Revolt in East Bengal -- 5. View from Agartala -- 6. Background and Pakistani Build-up -- 7. Joint Planning: Drift Towards Warm -- 8. Gathering Storm -- 9. Prelude and Preparation -- 10. The Meghna River -- 11. Tripura and Akhaxira -- 12. The Akhaura Battle -I -- 13. The Akhaura Battle - II -- 14. The Akhaura Battle - III -- 15. Sudden Qiange -- 16. 'Sledge Hammeri: Afterthoughts -- 17. Changing Plans -- 18. The Ashuganj Battle -- 19. The Other Side of the Bund -- 20. Importance of the Battle -- 21. Foot Slog to Dhaka -- Pak Plans-in Hindsight -- 22. Friendships -- 23. A Later Analysis

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Military History
History--Land Warfare Studies
Biographies, Memoirs & True Accounts


Bangladesh--Liberation War --Narrative Story

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