Because of This A History of the Indo-Pak Air War of December 1971
$228
| Author: | Air Marshal Vikram Singh |
| ISBN 13: | 9789360800031 |
| Binding: | Hardbound |
| Language: | English |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Pages: | xxxviii+625pp., 26 Black & White Photos, Colour Maps, 28x21x4cm |
| Series/Volumes: | United Service Institution of India |
| Published On: | 17th June 2025 |
| Subject: | Military Studies |
About the Book
CONTENTS: List of Illustrations, List of Tables, Preface, Abbreviations & Acronyms, Introduction, 1. The Beginning of the End, 2. 'Squaring-Off': The Adversaries, 3. The Western Front, 4. Air-Land War XV Corps: 4 Tactical Air Centre Area, 5. Air-Land War I Corps: No. 8 Tactical Air Centre Area, 6. Air-Land War XI Corps: No. 1 and 6 Tactical Air Centre Areas, 7. Air-Land War-Rajasthan and Kutch, 8. Air-Land War-Northern Rajasthan, 12 Division-No. 7 Tactical Air Centre Area, 9. Air-Land War-Southern Rajasthan, 11 Division Sector-No. 7 Tactical Air Centre Area, 10. Air-Land War-Kutch Sector, 11. IAF Fighter Counter-Air Missions, West-'Into the Shaheen's Nest', 12. The PAF's Day Counter-Air War, 13. The PAF's Night Bomber Offensive 14. The IAF's Bomber Offensive (West), 15. IAF and PAF Side Views: Aircraft of the 1971 Indo-Pak Air War (West), 16. The Eastern Front, 17. Air-Land War-II Corps: No. 9 Tactical Air Centre-South-Western Sector, 18. Air-Land War XXIII Corps: No. 3 Tactical Air Centre-The North-Western Sector, 19. Air-Land War, 101 Communication Zone Area-The Northern Sector, 20. Air-Land War, IV Corps: No. 5 Tactical Air Centre-The Eastern Sector, 21. Kilo Flight, 22. The IAF's Counter-Air War in East Pakistan, 23. IAF and PAF Side Views: Aircraft of the 1971 Indo-Pak Air War (East), 24. Dacca: Collapse and Surrender, 25. Epilogue, 26. Air War Critique, Appendices: Appendix A: Indian Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Deployment-West & East, Appendix B: Pakistan Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Deployment East & West Pakistan, Appendix C: IAF Vampire MK 52/55 Strikes by 121 Ad Hoc Sqn in Support of 3 & 19 Divs. in Ladakh and Kashmir, Appendix D: IAF Bomber Operations: Sorties Per Target East and West, December 1971, Appendix E: Indian Losses West and East Pakistan December 1971, Appendix F: Pakistani Losses West and East Pakistan December 1971, Appendix G: List of Gallantry and Distinguished Service Award Winners Including those Mentioned in Despatches: 1971 War, Appendix H: IAF Battle Honours 1971, Bibliography, Index.