@@kashawashatvop203 YES. I second that. There's gotta be, at the VERY LEAST, plenty of film of Operation Power Pack, the OAS Intervention/Occupation, & the IAPF, too. Not to mention the fact that you would also expect there to be combat photographers of SOME kind landed w/ the 6th Expeditionary. I'm not sure if the 1/505th & the 1/508th brigade combat teams w/ 82nd Airborne would've included them, or even had any organized & attached, but the USMC must've filmed their actions. They were already including film crews w/ their expeditionary forces in SE Asia/ VN that same year.
I like this approach a lot more because it gives a much broader view of a time period, and it stops fools on the internet using my videos as propaganda.
@@MajorSamm well you gotta admit that you covered a lot on pro Russians and didn't give a shit about the Ukrainian opinions . so yeah they are gonna use your early mistakes against you.
@@MajorSamm that isvery true, its always saddening to see those videos getting used in a political way for petry debates in democracies (be it left or right wing) when theres such a horre.dous catastrophe
As a Bengali and someone whose family's were involved in the war, I appreciate the video since it's something people don't tend to know about. The Bangladesh Liberation War is probably one of the least discussed conflicts with huge ramifications in Asia especially when considering that the countries involved are among the most populous in the world and now having major ramifications in the 21st century. For other commenters and very briefly, Bangladesh, the country size of Iowa and having the 8th largest population in the world, was then called East Pakistan and came into existence after the Partition of India when the British divided the region of Bengal between Hindu and Muslim lines. Both East Pakistan and West Pakistan were put into the same country for having the same religious identity despite East Pakistan being more than 1,200 miles away from West Pakistan ( separated by India and the East to put into perspective is only 300 miles from Thailand) and sharing little in common with each other aside from shared faith. Despite being a more populated and historically very economically productive region (Bengal once amounting to 12% of global GDP in during the Mughal era), there was a strong sense that the region was being exploited economically and did not receive the same level of resources and investment that was going into West Pakistan. When laws were introduced to suppress the ancient Bengali language, identity, and culture (despite Bengali speakers being the majority of combined Pakistan's population) in favour of Urdu (which amounted to around 3% of speakers in Pakistan), this really began the civil discontent/cultural nationalism and is now commemorated by International Mother Language Day. Growing political frustration namely through the sidelining/marginalization of Bengali political parties and leaders including Bengalis who became Prime Ministers of Pakistan by Pakistani political and military establishment (which would often make matters worse by favouring a military coup d'etat hurting Pakistani democratic development) would begin to propel the independence movement. The poor preparation and response to the most disastrous cyclone in history, the 1970 Bhola Cyclone which killed 500,000 people was the catalyst for the war and people having enough leading to Bengali nationalist leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of the Awami League (People's League) to be Prime Minister-elect yet both the military and political elite refused to acknowledge this, which would lead to the call independence. In anticipation of this, the Pakistan military began "Operation Searchlight" which would begin what is often considered the Bangladeshi Genocide first eliminating intellectuals, religious minorities, and devasting many communities, in an attempt to quell the separatist wave (the effects of this would hurt Bangladesh for many decades) but would only agitate Bengalis in achieving independence through violence by forming the guerrilla resistance group called the Mukhti Bahini after the declaration of independence on March 26 and which would be achieved on December 15 after the humanitarian crisis compelled India to intervene in East Pakistan leading to a Pakistani surrender. The effects of this war on Pakistan were disastrous as it meant a major defeat against India and incapability of securing East Pakistan and would later compel the country to develop nuclear weapons to deter India in the future. Pakistan began to have greater skepticism of the United States which had strongly backed and encouraged Pakistan in the war and gave tacit approval of the atrocities yet felt it was not enough support its maintain sovereignty. The United States had feared that the war and later India's involvement would lead to Soviet domination of South Asia (which never came to be). Pakistan as a result would begin to intensify its efforts on developing an alliance with China which was also rattled by India's intervention. It would also unintentionally contribute to the greater conservatism and Islamism found in Pakistan which really came into fruition after the death of socialist-leaning Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. For India, the war was a strategic victory leaving it more confident especially after a diplomatic failure and military stalemate in 1965 influencing its growing importance. It would propel Indira Gandhi's power and her vision of India but also be the roots for the tumultuous 70s in Indian history and her eventual demise. As for Bangladesh, the war had given independence but the destruction of various industries and annihilation of hundreds of thousands of professionals would leave the country deprived and poor for many decades along with constant political turmoil. The founder of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would embark on a socialist policy culminating in an attempt to establish greater state control over the economy leaving him alienated with most people resulting in his assassination of him and his family and the beginning of military coups until 1991. The country's fortunes and recovery from the war are only now starting to be realized as the economy has grown rapidly since the 2000s and Bangladesh has made massive strides in economic development and is improving at rate much faster than most other countries in the region. This past year for the first time in its modern history it is now richer than India or Pakistan on a GDP per capita basis and has consistently exceled in various other metrics from health to education to industrialization compared to other countries in the region. For a country once described by Henry Kissinger as a "basketcase", it is now becoming an example of an economic success story despite many decades of tribulation. Yet despite this there are still notable problems that still have yet to be dressed namely political developments as well as rising sea levels thanks to the majority of the country having a low elevation.
My grandfather fought in this war. He was one of the officers who defected from the Pakistani army and joined the ranks of the free Bangladesh army. As a kid I used to remember him having these episodes where he would burst out in to anger for the simplest things. I think about him sometimes and miss him. Happy victory day my “Shonar Bangla” (golden/cherished Bengal) শুভ বিজয় দিবস আমার সোনার বাংলা Joy Bangla জয় বাংলা
My grandfather is from noakhali he survived the massacre and joined mukti bahini he lost his complete family during the war all his brother also lost their life fighting . He participated in the attacking of police station of dhaka and migrated to india up where he lives now and served as a assam rifles naib subedar
Recently doing some basic research, I must say the killing of the intellectuals in 1971 by the Pakistani military + militias at the very end of the war has to be the most petty and vindictive act I've ever heard of. Like an ex returning your car after she keys the sides, spills a soft drink over the seats, and punctures the tires.
@@SpaceMarine500 Pakistan was fighting Indian forces in the month of December. Professors and students in Dhaka universities and elsewhere were killed in March and April.
@@maquacr7014 That they did. However, a small segment of troops of the Pakistan army along with collaborators rounded up even more intellectuals in the hundreds all around Dhaka and executed them on the 14th of December and that's where the most damage was done. Dhaka was the absolute last place to be liberated.
I have been following your channel for quite a while now but this one was special not only because you chose to make a video about Bangladesh Liberation War but you published it on 16th of December which is our victory day. Both of my grandfathers fought in this war and for that I would like to thank you with utmost humbleness. Keep up the great work.
@@uzochiokeke4328 Well yeah most of the Bangladeshis do hate us for anonymous reasons(despite India sharing cultural and ethnic identity) with Bangladesh but it isn't like everyone does, let's not assume.
Between the war and devastating cyclone in 1970 and since, I give all my prayers and blessings to the people of Bangladesh. Another powerful and moving video, thank you!
I was a child in the UK when this event happened and despite minimal coverage, I do remember it. I live in an old mining area in NE England and some villages here saw some survivors of this conflict placed into our communities. Some of those re-settled families still live here - they are good people. Heck I was chatting to one of them only yesterday! Thanks for sharing this forgotten war.
Thank you, friend. I didn't know bengali refugees fled as far as the UK during '71. Of course, being from India, we mostly remember the huge influx of refugees we witnessed. Never thought they might have gone to other countries as well. Also, could you tell something about the pre-migration financial situation of the Bengalis in your town? I think they must have been from the tiny moneyed class of East Pakistan at the time of '71. Not many in that country could afford travelling that far to the West. Most just crossed the border into Indian territory, that too with great difficulty. Ask them, if you can, what their families used to do before they came to live here.
Thanks Majorsamm for the "strategic upload" of this video on 16th december,celeberated as the "victory day" of 71 indo pak war ,in India. Top tier content as always. The good old days when Indian migs dominated the skies.
I need to read more about this event. This was 5 years before I was born . I now live in the little bangladesh neighborhood of koreatown in Los Angeles. This must be when so many emigrated here. I should find as much literature about this conflict as I can and learn what my neighbors went through. Really sweet people, my neighbors. The British occupied the region, I'm guessing from the policemen and the sten guns. Where do you find all this great archival footage? Have you ever considered covering groups like the S.L.A., the weather underground, the R.A.F./Bader Meinhof, the black Panthers, the 1971 munich Olympics, early gang violence, or the airline hijacking trend of the late 70s/early 80s? I appreciate your channel. Thanks.
no the British had left by that time they just used a lot of weapons from ww2, pretty much the Pakistanis owned Bangladesh and wanted to keep it despite a growing separatist movement, so they killed 3 million bangles and did unspeakable things to there women and girls, hoping it would make them want to stay, weirdly they just wanted to leave more lol
I think the army in the eastern theatre used PT 76 amphibious tanks and T55. Most Centurions were posted along the western front. Their moment of glory was in the '65 war. Look up Battle of Asal Uttar. Pattons stood no chance against a small number of Centurions. And the most interesting of all was that the Centurions were supplemented by only Shermans and AMX 13s.
@@MajorSamm For Hunters in '71 look up Battle of Longewala. Lived upto its expectations of a prolific ground bomber. Along with the brave men led by Maj Chandpuri, the Hunters made a mince meat out of Type 59 tanks.
Some fun fact about the war, and the general Indo-Pakistani conflict. -This conflict has lead to both sides getting nukes. The US threatening war with India, which is what lead to Pakistan getting a better peace deal than they deserve, lead India to develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent. This convinced Pakistan that it has to have it's own. -Inspired by the Israeli success in the six day war, Pakistan attempted a pre-emptive airstrike at major Indian Airforce bases. However, while the timing did catch the IAF by surprise, they did anticipate this sort of attack, so most planes were in shelter. What damage was done to runways, was repaired within the next time. -Following this debacle, the IAF retaliated against the PAF, and proved to be much more effective. -The Pakistani media lied *hard* about this conflict, so the news of defeat sent the entire state into Chaos. From this Chaos eventually emerged the Radical Islamization of Pakistan, which would in turn help create modern Islamist terrorism as we know it today.
@@JonnyBaggs well you'll have to. Actually, just go read kissinger's memoir, he goes over the '71 war, mostly calling old yahya incompetent and a delusional drunk
GOD BLESS THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH. I SPENT 15 MONTHS MARCH 89 TO MAY 90 AT THE EMBASSY IN DHAKA. THE BENGALI PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL TO ME. GOD BLESS THEM ALL. THESE SCANDINAVIAN GUYS BUILT AN UNCRIDLE ICE CREAM SHOP IN DHAKA AWSOME ICE CREAM. GOD BLESS THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH I LOVE YOU GUYS.
My friend came to me With sadness in his eyes He told me that he wanted help Before his country dies Although I couldn't feel the pain I knew I had to try Now I'm asking all of you To help us save some lives Bangladesh, Bangladesh Where so many people are dying fast And it sure looks like a mess I've never seen such distress Now won't you lend your hand and understand? Relieve the people of Bangladesh Bangladesh, Bangladesh Such a great disaster, I don't understand But it sure looks like a mess I've never known such distress Now please don't turn away I want to hear you say Relieve the people of Bangladesh Relieve Bangladesh Bangladesh, Bangladesh Now it may seem so far from where we all are It's something we can't neglect It's something I can't neglect Now won't you give some bread to get the starving fed? We've got to relieve Bangladesh Relieve the people of Bangladesh We've got to relieve Bangladesh Relieve the people of Bangladesh
@@AnaroshScend Before The Indian Army came, Bangladeshis were losing, they were close to being decimated by the Pakistanis. Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis fled their country into India, the Mukti Bahini were only able to control some areas in the country side. Without Indian intervention, there would have been no Liberation. The Indian Army did in 13 days what the Bangladeshi resistance couldn't do in 9 months. The Indians captured Dhaka in one sweep, the rest is history.
@@AnaroshScend Winning? no.. you were being massacred, Mukti Bahini could barely hold the rural areas. If you guys were winning, why were so much refugees still pouring into India even as Indians launched the offensive?.
Trabalho mais que excelente como sempre,nunca tinha ouvido falar desse lado da índia isso explica muito a situação que a índia passa até os dias de hoje
93000 Pakistani officers and soldiers surrendered on conclusion of war. It took 12 days to free Bangladesh. America was complicit in the genocide out of political compulsion.
Ya there’s a famous letter written to Richard Nixon by a diplomat in Bangladesh imploring Richard Nixon to to stop the massacres by the Pakistan army, one thing he said was “the term genocide is over used but what’s happening here is a genocide” but unfortunately Nixon was famously an asshole so he didn’t only do nothing he fired that diplomat
@@StreetDrilla yeah utter shameful for pak, despite being aggressor and having latest tech and support of major powers they were trashed badly and lost half their nation , biggest surrender after WW2 . 😂
thanks for this edit major samm, my grandfather was an officer in the indian army at the time, he was a sapper and served on the frontlines in the war. thankfully survived it, he's still with us :)
Another great video MajorSamm, gotta say your videos are like movie trailers to me in a way. After watching one I want to learn more about the conflict/subject and end up in a rabbit hole reading about it for the rest of the day. Very eye opening to learn about lesser known historical conflicts to Americans like me.
UK clips were excellent. The Indian diaspora is humongous, in Canada they’re very vocal and political. Such a strong national identify for such a young nation.
that is India to you. A Nation ,by shape , demarcated in 1947 , after it's partition at the hands of Britishers and insiders, but with a Homogeneous Culture among the various ethnicities far older than Britain itself, as far older even before the stone wall foundation plans was laid . India as a nation is young, but as a culture is one of the far oldest in the world, to which only the Chinese civilization and Judeo/Jewish culture can rival in true terms.
I greatly appreciate that you present a war through a perspective that is often actually the most prominent in any conflict; that of the fleeing civilians.
Another banger of a music video. It's weird too, as I've been on a George Harrison/Beatles bender the last couple of days, so this was nicely timed I think.
I forget who said it, but it goes: "The only moon in the south that is red and will forever remains so" - I want to say the quote references that because a lot of Bengalis that died due to the genocide were intellectuals, it left and still leaves a major brain-drain on Bangladesh society
Awesome video! Keep it up! Been really enjoying these, especially the wars westerners here less about. I will party on the day you get to the Nepali civil war
Good content, the montage and choice of footage, plus the music really allow to dive into the lives of the people of this time, to experience a tiny fraction of what they must have felt. Thanks for your work, you can be proud of it.
To me this was the finest battle India has ever fought. This battle was fought against injustice and and an ongoing genocide. The atrocities committed by the Pakistani forces against the Bangladeshi's were absolutely despicable. The American's, so called torch bearers of democracy and freedom turned a blind eye towards the atrocities committed by the Pakistani's. The surrender of the Pakistani army, almost 93,000 men is the biggest surrender after WW2. Glory to Mukti Bahini, Glory to the Republic of India, Glory to the Great Soviet Union.
@@justinkim3235 Everything dies. From the Great Mongol Empire to the British Empire. While the death of the Union is indeed a colossal loss to the entire mankind. The ideals of the Union lives through us.
@@faizalsalim1194 lmao what u deliousnal sand eater? Communism never worked once in history lmao the soviet weren't even fully communist. That flawed system killed the most people in history way more that fascism. How can communism work when all it does is shorten the wage gape by making everyone poorer than before and why should an individual work harder when someone else gets paided the same amount for barley working he's gonna barley work too if he doesn't have incentive to work harder like in capitalism
I'm glad and proud as Bangladeshi and knowing my father fought for our freedom in sector 11 back in 1971. My father is still alive and still serving our nation as a senior citizen. Thank you father and thank you people who have helped us to get our victory.
I started to watch your videos after a hospital stay a few months ago, and I caught I got caught up with all your content in the weeks following while I recovered at home. You've felt like a companion, and your videos are amazing. I look forward to every video that you released. Thank you so much for all you've done. These videos are important.
I’m not much for political apologies but I do think as an American our government should apologize for the complicity of the US in what Pakistan did to Bangladesh
@Ronit Mehta lol I said apologize for our inaction during a genocide perpetrated by an ally if we start apologizing for every coup we allegedly sponsored during the Cold War we would never stop apologizing (and did you like your own comment?)
Yeah i second this,mainly because the perpetrator (Kissinger) is not only still alive but very much successful Like this is not even a thinly veiled "spreading democracy" realpolitik thing.Its just US letting its ally do a genocide
On 22 February 1971, General Yahya Khan is reported to have said "Kill three million of them, and the rest will eat out of our hands." I think that quote is important to note in discussions about this conflict
They killed "intellectuals": doctors, scientists, professors, writers, actors. So as to prevent any possibility of having leaders from the Bengali community. Such is the history of American ally Pakistan.
@@kannan159 Henry Kissinger was the us national security advisor during the 1971 war. He probably had more influence on the president's foreign policy than any other individual and he gave the Pakistani's a greenlight for op searchlight.
The strange part is that UK politicians actively supported Bangladesh, the UK was sheltering many Bengalis that were being hunted by the ISI and the RAF was even flying in aid for them but the government still didn't end the sale of ammunition to Pakistan.
My grandfather fought in this conflict, and he was part of some of the very first East Pakistan Rifles battalions to defect and turn their newly supplied FALs against the Pakistanis, who were about to order them to purge villages. He fought his way out of East Bengal and into India for further training and then went back into an active warzone to fight all the way till 16th December. He has killed or caused the deaths of many Pakistani soldiers and collaborators, and in his words, he'd do it all over again without an ounce of hesitation. Bengalis fought for more than their freedom, they fought for their language, culture, and nationhood. Sadly, these three seem to be forgotten more and more with Islam tightening its Arabcentric grip on society slowly. Furthermore, I feel the same way about the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as any self-conscious Jew or Slav would feel about Nazi Germany. They really wanted us Bengalis wiped from the face of the earth. The difference is that the Germans apologized, the Pakistanis never did and they STILL lie about it. Frankly, I want their state destroyed and Balochistan revolting seems fitting for this cursed and diseased 'Islamic Republic'. Just my two cents as a descendant of a Bengali who fought tooth and nail for freedom.
*They fought for their language, culture and nationhood.* Urdu was also imposed on all other ethnicities in West Pakistan. No one complained. It was Bengali Muslims who mainly struggled for partition on religious lines. Yet Bengali Hindu minority - being more educated and holding key positions in all top universities - started impeding any attempt at proper unification of both East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Your reservation about Bengali community becoming more Islamic by each passing day reflects the same mindset that influential Bengali minority had at that time. As Pakistan was really important for capitalist Western world at that time, their governments established a relationship with millitary which was dominated by Punjabis. Bengalis having socialist mindset didn't help. Hence came the inequality that is usually found in capitalist societies. And given the fact that only Bengalis objected to imposition of Urdu as national language, millitary establishment - emboldened by US and UK to protect their interests - grew vary of Bengalis to the point that it developed a racist attitude. The same establisment then started promoting Islam (with Saudi flavor) to avoid any such revolt in future. As far as Balochistan is concerned, there is no threat of any foreign intervention as Balochistan borders 3 other provinces. Today, Pakistan is not being threatened by commies or ethno-nationalists. It is being threatened by the monsters it itself created i.e. radical Islamists.
@@maquacr7014 The biggest threat to pakistan itself is it's military industrial complex, which have concentrated all the economic wealth for itself and have left the civilians to starve for economic benefits. This MIC is the very reason why radicalisation became a mass drug in pakistan.
@@maquacr7014 also the same three star ranked General tikka khan , who hold the infamous title o "Butcher of Bengal" earned another title of "Butcher of Bengal". His strategy is carried on still by various paramilitary units of pak army in Baluchistan. and tatmadaw used his tactics against other ethnic minority groups including rohingyas too.
@@maquacr7014 Bengali Muslims initially joined Pakistan being sold on the false promise of an artificial Muslim homeland by Jinnah, they joined with the understanding that their ways of life would not be interrupted. Then the imposition of Urdu began forcefully when all we asked for is for Bangla to be made a second state language. Racist attitudes among Punjabis and Sindhis against Bengalis were already present in 1948 when they tried to impose Urdu on us, that itself is proof. Furthermore, the primary leaders of the push to make Bengali a state language were Bengali Muslims. The ones who were killed by police in 1952 in a state language protest, who are still memorialized to this day were all Bengali Muslims. Even then, nothing is changed by the fact that Bengali Hindus led the push. It did not make the push for independent Bangladesh less legitimate in any way. If anything, it only made it more legitimate; Hindus are the ones who have kept ancient Bengali traditions intact the most. And of course, why wouldn't I have reservations against the further Arabization* of Bengali culture? We're unique, rich in our own way and we will not easily give up our culture, what we made ourselves for the Arabic script, turbans, full-body burkas, and other symbols of backward desert life. That supremacist, authoritarian, and the failed state of Pakistan sealed their fate and fully legitimized Bangladesh as an independent country when it explicitly set out to exterminate Bengalis. There is separatist sentiment in Balochistan and the Balochistan Liberation Army is currently active. Even though they're weak, I'd say Pakistan has yet to get what it deserves: Total collapse.
@@SpaceMarine500 Typical emotional and ignorant Bindu. Urdu language was imposed on all ethnicities alike. At the time of partition, only 2-3% of Pakistanis had Urdu as their main language. And those people were immigrants from Southern states of India. The question was: which language would the state adopt as a means of communication and day to day activities in two units and later provinces of Pakistan? Arabic, Persian and Urdu were main contenders since these languages didn't belong to any of the main ethnicities in Pakistan. Finally, Urdu was chosen since it had originated in sub-continent. English was chosen as official language alongside Urdu. India also chose Hindi and English as official and national languages. Regarding racist attitudes existing at the time of partition, that is also a lie. Like I said: Bengali Muslims were at the forefront of struggling for an independent state. Without Bengali Muslims, there would be no Pakistan. Jinnah had been a symbol of Hindu Muslim unity till 1928 after which he changed his views. Bengali was given the status of state language when constitution of 1956 was passed. But like I said: powerful millitary establishment - emboldened by USA and UK - would no longer trust Bengalis anymore. Even Sheikh Mujeeb ur Rehman was threatened by USA that an independent state would harm American interests and America would not tolerate. That's why Sheikh Mujeeb ur Rehman himself didn't push for independence in year 1969 and 1970 and kept chanting Pakistan Zindabad till march 1971. Look up his speech on either 23rd March 1971 or 24th March 1971. His main focus was enactment of 6 point policy and more autonomy for East Pakistan on which stupid millitary establishment didn't compromise. As far as Pakistan is concerned, you can keep dreaming, boy. What do you think NATO was doing in Afghanistan? They ran away with their tails between their legs. And so did India. I have my concerns about the image of Islam being tarnished for political hegemony. But it is working. As per realistic worldview, where morality and ethics take a backseat, at least millitary is winning if no one else. USSR no longer present, USA losing 3 trillion dollars in Afghanistan for nothing, China emerging as a upcoming superpower, India mired in conflict in Kashmir. The only problem is need of India to counter China for West. But wait till India becomes more powerful and also starts threatening Western hegemony, and West once again needs Pakistan as its ally. Victory is for those who are patient. Also, no matter how hard Bengali Hindu minority tries to keep Bangladesh and India closer, Pakistan and Bangladesh are natural allies against a hegemon in sub-continent. Akhand Bharat? Dream on.
According to Wikipedia. ¨The genocide in Bangladesh began on 26 March 1971 with the launch of Operation Searchlight, as West Pakistan (now Pakistan) began a military crackdown on the East Pakistan wing (now Bangladesh) of the nation to suppress Bengali calls for self-determination. During the nine-month-long Bangladesh Liberation War, members of the Pakistan Armed Forces and supporting pro-Pakistani Islamist militias from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami killed between 200,000 and 3,000,000 people and raped between 200,000 and 400,000 Bengali women, according to Bangladeshi and Indian sources, in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape.¨
@@Yusufalsylheti lol it's all India which orchestrated and armed them from air ,naval to battlefield, these bunch of guriellas couldn't even last a day without Indian support.
India should've never accepted the surrender of the Pakistani forces in Bangladesh. Or should've atleast handed them over to newly formed Bangladesh govt. for justice. Those men committed uncountable number of heinous war crimes too grisly to even mention.
Yes, I think it should have been done. this could have been a very oppurtunistic move to reclaim back PoK. This blunder of Indira Gandhi, the Shimla agreement is still haunting Indian geopolitical security to this very day.
In the 71 war America and the UK were against India and so were half of the Arab world and some SEA countries. UAE was to send half a fighter squadron to Pakistan, Turkey and Jordan were to send 5 fighters each, France was to sell their aircrafts, Indonesia sent a Naval vessel to fight alongside the Pakistan Navy and two carrier groups, one being british led by HMS Eagle and Task force 74 led by USS Enterprise were to bomb Indian Cities, but that did not go well. After a major diplomatic bitchslapping by the USSR and a near showdown with Soviet Naval Forces in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the British and American Task forces withdrew. This is why The Soviet Union has been great friends of India ever since
Nowadays, the U.S, U.K and France have all came around to support India, as evidenced by the growing arms sales to the country (SEPECAT Jaguar and Rafale anyone?), and the growing impact of the Indian diaspora in the U.S and U.K.
@@souvikrc4499 it has nothing to do with with immigration from India but rather that Pakistan is no longer a useful ally and India is no longer buddies with our main foreign enemy (as much as the media would have one believe the American government doesn’t actually care about Russia anymore and is increasingly focusing on China).
@@souvikrc4499 Don't forget C130 , C17 Globemaster, AH 64 Apache, INS Viraat, EXOCET Missiles, Sea King Helicopters and an unsuccessful attempt to sell Leopard 2A4 and AugustaWestLand helicopters
@@patriotenfield3276 Pakistan has aligned itself with China since they both hate India which is the biggest reason for the inevitable end of our relationship yes but another reason is due to their antics in Afghanistan (supporting Pashtun groups and their relationship with the taliban). the loss of Pakistan to China’s sphere isn’t really a concern or a loss on my nation’s end so it’s whatever.
Incredibly based Indian rip-off L1A1’s making their appearance. India never officially bought the FN license for the L1A1 rifles they used. FN was about to sue India but India expressed interest in purchasing the FN MAG. So FN kinda just forgot about the whole deal.
Lmao no way, really? I gotta look this up sounds fkin hilarious. FN once they decided to buy mags was like "No no it's cool, I'll forget anything happened at all and make a quick buck while at it."
@@panzerjagertigerpelefant yep! Its true, Indian ordinance factory board has a very long history of copying shit without there owner's permission! Which eventually lead to there decommissioning a few days ago. Yep, those FALs were stolen reverse engineered made a bit more comfortable and were finally inducted into service as ishapore C1s and somehow served till late 2000s and now they can be seen in the hands of college and school students under the military youth training program or National cadet corps.
India also bought FN FALs that were intended for exports to Pakistan. this is how G3 Became a battle rifle to the Pakistanis while FN FAL , L1A1 SLR and Ishapore 1A1 Became Indian Battle rifle . Also FN used this to blackmail India in buying FN CAL but that didn't work out well for FN. FN CAL is what gave birth to the Idea of INSAS in the first place.
This hits even harder when you discover that more Bangladeshis are becoming pro-Islamists today. Islamist groups like the Badr organization also participated in the genocide of pro-independence Bengalis.
Why no mention of Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw. The hero of this war. The first and only (Till date) Field Marshall of our Army. He was a genius military strategist. Without him we could've never won this war. No video of 1971 war is complete without Field Marshall Manekshaw.
War Hero my foot. The old geezer was only anxious to save Pakistani War Criminals and "treat them with respect" because they were his "Military academy batchmates" .
@@emergencyexit3967 Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was the first Field Marshal of Indian Army. Field Marshal Km Carriappa was the first Army chief of independent Indian Army. Field Marshal KM Carriappa was given the rank of Field Marshal Posthumously by Rajiv Gandhi somewhere around 1987.
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God tier content, as is the norm. Love that you're bringing attention to conflicts a majority of people have no awareness of.
Thanks a lot man, it's the 50th anniversary of the end of the war tomorrow (or today in Bangladesh) and I thought it was fitting.
@@MajorSamm bro could you make a video about the Dominican civil war in 1965
@@MajorSamm and pakistan made the world record of surrendering 93000 soilders
@@ginglebell2969 That is not a world record. Look up French surrender in second world war.
@@kashawashatvop203 YES. I second that. There's gotta be, at the VERY LEAST, plenty of film of Operation Power Pack, the OAS Intervention/Occupation, & the IAPF, too. Not to mention the fact that you would also expect there to be combat photographers of SOME kind landed w/ the 6th Expeditionary. I'm not sure if the 1/505th & the 1/508th brigade combat teams w/ 82nd Airborne would've included them, or even had any organized & attached, but the USMC must've filmed their actions. They were already including film crews w/ their expeditionary forces in SE Asia/ VN that same year.
I really like that new approach you have, showing everything, not just soldiers in fancy uniforms ! Keep it up!
I like this approach a lot more because it gives a much broader view of a time period, and it stops fools on the internet using my videos as propaganda.
@@MajorSamm What videos are getting used as propaganda?
@@TheBoshy probally the Ukraine ones because there is a lot of Russians in those videos
@@MajorSamm well you gotta admit that you covered a lot on pro Russians and didn't give a shit about the Ukrainian opinions . so yeah they are gonna use your early mistakes against you.
@@MajorSamm that isvery true, its always saddening to see those videos getting used in a political way for petry debates in democracies (be it left or right wing) when theres such a horre.dous catastrophe
As a Bengali and someone whose family's were involved in the war, I appreciate the video since it's something people don't tend to know about. The Bangladesh Liberation War is probably one of the least discussed conflicts with huge ramifications in Asia especially when considering that the countries involved are among the most populous in the world and now having major ramifications in the 21st century.
For other commenters and very briefly, Bangladesh, the country size of Iowa and having the 8th largest population in the world, was then called East Pakistan and came into existence after the Partition of India when the British divided the region of Bengal between Hindu and Muslim lines. Both East Pakistan and West Pakistan were put into the same country for having the same religious identity despite East Pakistan being more than 1,200 miles away from West Pakistan ( separated by India and the East to put into perspective is only 300 miles from Thailand) and sharing little in common with each other aside from shared faith. Despite being a more populated and historically very economically productive region (Bengal once amounting to 12% of global GDP in during the Mughal era), there was a strong sense that the region was being exploited economically and did not receive the same level of resources and investment that was going into West Pakistan. When laws were introduced to suppress the ancient Bengali language, identity, and culture (despite Bengali speakers being the majority of combined Pakistan's population) in favour of Urdu (which amounted to around 3% of speakers in Pakistan), this really began the civil discontent/cultural nationalism and is now commemorated by International Mother Language Day.
Growing political frustration namely through the sidelining/marginalization of Bengali political parties and leaders including Bengalis who became Prime Ministers of Pakistan by Pakistani political and military establishment (which would often make matters worse by favouring a military coup d'etat hurting Pakistani democratic development) would begin to propel the independence movement. The poor preparation and response to the most disastrous cyclone in history, the 1970 Bhola Cyclone which killed 500,000 people was the catalyst for the war and people having enough leading to Bengali nationalist leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of the Awami League (People's League) to be Prime Minister-elect yet both the military and political elite refused to acknowledge this, which would lead to the call independence. In anticipation of this, the Pakistan military began "Operation Searchlight" which would begin what is often considered the Bangladeshi Genocide first eliminating intellectuals, religious minorities, and devasting many communities, in an attempt to quell the separatist wave (the effects of this would hurt Bangladesh for many decades) but would only agitate Bengalis in achieving independence through violence by forming the guerrilla resistance group called the Mukhti Bahini after the declaration of independence on March 26 and which would be achieved on December 15 after the humanitarian crisis compelled India to intervene in East Pakistan leading to a Pakistani surrender.
The effects of this war on Pakistan were disastrous as it meant a major defeat against India and incapability of securing East Pakistan and would later compel the country to develop nuclear weapons to deter India in the future. Pakistan began to have greater skepticism of the United States which had strongly backed and encouraged Pakistan in the war and gave tacit approval of the atrocities yet felt it was not enough support its maintain sovereignty. The United States had feared that the war and later India's involvement would lead to Soviet domination of South Asia (which never came to be). Pakistan as a result would begin to intensify its efforts on developing an alliance with China which was also rattled by India's intervention. It would also unintentionally contribute to the greater conservatism and Islamism found in Pakistan which really came into fruition after the death of socialist-leaning Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. For India, the war was a strategic victory leaving it more confident especially after a diplomatic failure and military stalemate in 1965 influencing its growing importance. It would propel Indira Gandhi's power and her vision of India but also be the roots for the tumultuous 70s in Indian history and her eventual demise.
As for Bangladesh, the war had given independence but the destruction of various industries and annihilation of hundreds of thousands of professionals would leave the country deprived and poor for many decades along with constant political turmoil. The founder of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would embark on a socialist policy culminating in an attempt to establish greater state control over the economy leaving him alienated with most people resulting in his assassination of him and his family and the beginning of military coups until 1991. The country's fortunes and recovery from the war are only now starting to be realized as the economy has grown rapidly since the 2000s and Bangladesh has made massive strides in economic development and is improving at rate much faster than most other countries in the region. This past year for the first time in its modern history it is now richer than India or Pakistan on a GDP per capita basis and has consistently exceled in various other metrics from health to education to industrialization compared to other countries in the region. For a country once described by Henry Kissinger as a "basketcase", it is now becoming an example of an economic success story despite many decades of tribulation. Yet despite this there are still notable problems that still have yet to be dressed namely political developments as well as rising sea levels thanks to the majority of the country having a low elevation.
This was great, thank you very much
Great summary, never knew about this
Thanks for informing us. Joy Bangla!
thanks!
Thumbs Up! Good comment. I learned Something n👍🏼
My grandfather fought in this war. He was one of the officers who defected from the Pakistani army and joined the ranks of the free Bangladesh army. As a kid I used to remember him having these episodes where he would burst out in to anger for the simplest things. I think about him sometimes and miss him. Happy victory day my “Shonar Bangla” (golden/cherished Bengal)
শুভ বিজয় দিবস আমার সোনার বাংলা
Joy Bangla জয় বাংলা
Tell him to also thank the Indians for their help plz.
@@patriotenfield3276 ?
@@patriotenfield3276 Mukti vhini was created by R &@W
@@patriotenfield3276 ah yes, Indians gave us weapons. But we did bulk of the fighting, so thanks but nah we good
@@atheistwarrior7147 that's true.
My neighbor is a survivor of this massacre (Op Searchlight). Lives in Kolkata, India now. Still has PTSD from the entire event. Joy Bangla! Jai Hind!
jai hind is above joy bangla
Joy Bongla, but Don't forget your Nationality as Indian.
My grandfather is from noakhali he survived the massacre and joined mukti bahini he lost his complete family during the war all his brother also lost their life fighting . He participated in the attacking of police station of dhaka and migrated to india up where he lives now and served as a assam rifles naib subedar
Meanwhile his father lost his life in dhaka university massacre
Joi hind joi bangla...
We bengali Hindu are forever grateful towards india ...
And the nation india is our mother and protector.
Recently doing some basic research, I must say the killing of the intellectuals in 1971 by the Pakistani military + militias at the very end of the war has to be the most petty and vindictive act I've ever heard of. Like an ex returning your car after she keys the sides, spills a soft drink over the seats, and punctures the tires.
It was at the start of the operation searchlight not at the end of it.
You need to read more lmfao.
@@maquacr7014 He's talking about 14th December. YOU need to read more lmfao.
@@SpaceMarine500 Pakistan was fighting Indian forces in the month of December.
Professors and students in Dhaka universities and elsewhere were killed in March and April.
@@maquacr7014 That they did. However, a small segment of troops of the Pakistan army along with collaborators rounded up even more intellectuals in the hundreds all around Dhaka and executed them on the 14th of December and that's where the most damage was done. Dhaka was the absolute last place to be liberated.
@@SpaceMarine500 Niazi hadn't signed surrender document till then.
That means the war was still going on. So OP's comment makes no sense at all.
I have been following your channel for quite a while now but this one was special not only because you chose to make a video about Bangladesh Liberation War but you published it on 16th of December which is our victory day. Both of my grandfathers fought in this war and for that I would like to thank you with utmost humbleness. Keep up the great work.
and now you probably a india hater
Chad grandfathers, truly.
@@uzochiokeke4328 Well yeah most of the Bangladeshis do hate us for anonymous reasons(despite India sharing cultural and ethnic identity) with Bangladesh but it isn't like everyone does, let's not assume.
@@krash4970
Bengalis only share the ethnicity and culture , not quite the other parts lol
My grandad was in Indian army's 14th Punjab during Bangladesh war
❤️❤️ from 🇧🇩
@@nilufaibrahim2317 Kudos for Bangladeshis fighting for their freedom! Love from Karnataka ❤️
My Grandfather was in the Assam Regiment too, we has a photo from the time they took Dhaka.
Two thing that exist
1. A song about the conflict itself by former Beatles member George Harrison
2. This video
Between the war and devastating cyclone in 1970 and since, I give all my prayers and blessings to the people of Bangladesh.
Another powerful and moving video, thank you!
I was a child in the UK when this event happened and despite minimal coverage, I do remember it. I live in an old mining area in NE England and some villages here saw some survivors of this conflict placed into our communities.
Some of those re-settled families still live here - they are good people. Heck I was chatting to one of them only yesterday!
Thanks for sharing this forgotten war.
Thank you, friend. I didn't know bengali refugees fled as far as the UK during '71. Of course, being from India, we mostly remember the huge influx of refugees we witnessed. Never thought they might have gone to other countries as well.
Also, could you tell something about the pre-migration financial situation of the Bengalis in your town? I think they must have been from the tiny moneyed class of East Pakistan at the time of '71. Not many in that country could afford travelling that far to the West. Most just crossed the border into Indian territory, that too with great difficulty. Ask them, if you can, what their families used to do before they came to live here.
Thanks Majorsamm for the "strategic upload" of this video on 16th december,celeberated as the "victory day" of 71 indo pak war ,in India. Top tier content as always. The good old days when Indian migs dominated the skies.
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@@atheistwarrior7147 🇮🇳💩🐮
Very interesting story told by a very entertaining video- As always. Thank you, MajorSamm.
Thank you my man, and thank you for watching.
@@MajorSamm please can you do Nagorno Karabakh war?
I need to read more about this event.
This was 5 years before I was born . I now live in the little bangladesh neighborhood of koreatown in Los Angeles. This must be when so many emigrated here. I should find as much literature about this conflict as I can and learn what my neighbors went through. Really sweet people, my neighbors. The British occupied the region, I'm guessing from the policemen and the sten guns. Where do you find all this great archival footage?
Have you ever considered covering groups like the S.L.A., the weather underground, the R.A.F./Bader Meinhof, the black Panthers, the 1971 munich Olympics, early gang violence, or the airline hijacking trend of the late 70s/early 80s?
I appreciate your channel. Thanks.
no the British had left by that time they just used a lot of weapons from ww2, pretty much the Pakistanis owned Bangladesh and wanted to keep it despite a growing separatist movement, so they killed 3 million bangles and did unspeakable things to there women and girls, hoping it would make them want to stay, weirdly they just wanted to leave more lol
This is the most ignored war in history in my opinion
je dirai plus celle des peuples façe a des dirigeants malades jusqu a nous entretuez pour eux .
Genocide
World : No you can't achieve battlefield, air and naval dominance using Russian weapons
Indian army : O b s e r v e
Don't forget those fine Hawker Hunters and Centurions.
british equipment too
I think the army in the eastern theatre used PT 76 amphibious tanks and T55. Most Centurions were posted along the western front. Their moment of glory was in the '65 war. Look up Battle of Asal Uttar. Pattons stood no chance against a small number of Centurions. And the most interesting of all was that the Centurions were supplemented by only Shermans and AMX 13s.
@@MajorSamm For Hunters in '71 look up Battle of Longewala. Lived upto its expectations of a prolific ground bomber. Along with the brave men led by Maj Chandpuri, the Hunters made a mince meat out of Type 59 tanks.
@@MajorSamm You gotta admit the migs wiping away entire PAF in the east though
Some fun fact about the war, and the general Indo-Pakistani conflict.
-This conflict has lead to both sides getting nukes. The US threatening war with India, which is what lead to Pakistan getting a better peace deal than they deserve, lead India to develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent. This convinced Pakistan that it has to have it's own.
-Inspired by the Israeli success in the six day war, Pakistan attempted a pre-emptive airstrike at major Indian Airforce bases. However, while the timing did catch the IAF by surprise, they did anticipate this sort of attack, so most planes were in shelter. What damage was done to runways, was repaired within the next time.
-Following this debacle, the IAF retaliated against the PAF, and proved to be much more effective.
-The Pakistani media lied *hard* about this conflict, so the news of defeat sent the entire state into Chaos. From this Chaos eventually emerged the Radical Islamization of Pakistan, which would in turn help create modern Islamist terrorism as we know it today.
Do you have sources for these facts, please? I'd like to read more (but don't have time to read a book).
sounds awfully biased right here
@@ivanchen8093 You can put your disagreements/arguments if you know about the topic.
You forgot how the US dispatched its pacific fleet tp the bay of bengal, only to find a soviet fleet there.
@@JonnyBaggs well you'll have to. Actually, just go read kissinger's memoir, he goes over the '71 war, mostly calling old yahya incompetent and a delusional drunk
Fascinating to watch, as always.
GOD BLESS THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH. I SPENT 15 MONTHS MARCH 89 TO MAY 90 AT THE EMBASSY IN DHAKA. THE BENGALI PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL TO ME. GOD BLESS THEM ALL. THESE SCANDINAVIAN GUYS BUILT AN UNCRIDLE ICE CREAM SHOP IN DHAKA AWSOME ICE CREAM. GOD BLESS THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH I LOVE YOU GUYS.
Love from Bangladesh
Thanks mate
Thanks Samm for showing every aspect of war, from even the obscure ones. Not every soldier is a killer, and not every person is a soldier.
My friend came to me
With sadness in his eyes
He told me that he wanted help
Before his country dies
Although I couldn't feel the pain
I knew I had to try
Now I'm asking all of you
To help us save some lives
Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Where so many people are dying fast
And it sure looks like a mess
I've never seen such distress
Now won't you lend your hand and understand?
Relieve the people of Bangladesh
Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Such a great disaster, I don't understand
But it sure looks like a mess
I've never known such distress
Now please don't turn away
I want to hear you say
Relieve the people of Bangladesh
Relieve Bangladesh
Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Now it may seem so far from where we all are
It's something we can't neglect
It's something I can't neglect
Now won't you give some bread to get the starving fed?
We've got to relieve Bangladesh
Relieve the people of Bangladesh
We've got to relieve Bangladesh
Relieve the people of Bangladesh
CHURCHILL KILLED MILLIONS OF BANGLA PEOPLE
this are so good that i think its the only channel that i got notifications on, keep doing great work man.
Same here.
Thanks a lot for watching man, glad you're enjoying the videos.
Funny and ironic how Indian army under a Zorostian , a Sikh and a Jew general defeated a "great muslim Army" of Pakistan.
Even Arabs have better record at Yom Kippur war , Iran Iraq war and Lebanon civil war than the whole military history of pakistan.
"defeated" you only joined last 13 days and take all the victory.
@@AnaroshScend Before The Indian Army came, Bangladeshis were losing, they were close to being decimated by the Pakistanis. Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis fled their country into India, the Mukti Bahini were only able to control some areas in the country side. Without Indian intervention, there would have been no Liberation. The Indian Army did in 13 days what the Bangladeshi resistance couldn't do in 9 months. The Indians captured Dhaka in one sweep, the rest is history.
@@rembrantwithagrenade171 we were winning but slowly. I don't need your fake BJP nationalist history dictating the situation ofy country
@@AnaroshScend Winning? no.. you were being massacred, Mukti Bahini could barely hold the rural areas. If you guys were winning, why were so much refugees still pouring into India even as Indians launched the offensive?.
This has introduced me both to this oft-overlooked conflict, and the solo stuff of George Harrison. He really was low-key the best Beatle, wasn't he?
Yo really appreciate you making this. Bangladeshi here
One of many sordid pieces of history that Henry Kissinger left his bloody fingerprints on.
If Kissinger is involved you know things are going to become messed up
Trabalho mais que excelente como sempre,nunca tinha ouvido falar desse lado da índia isso explica muito a situação que a índia passa até os dias de hoje
@Thallyson Oliveira eu queria um vídeo nesse modelo sobre o regime militar
@Thallyson Oliveira Seria foda, além de diversificar o conteúdo deste canal, já que tem muito vídeo da Africa e da Europa
Assiste o vídeo com o título Flashpoint - kargil 1999, sobre a guerra indo-paquistanesa de 99
@Thallyson Oliveira não sei mano, se tiver deve ser poucos
@Thallyson Oliveira A operação traíra foi relativamente pequena e num lugar bem isolado. Não há muitas filmagens sobre
93000 Pakistani officers and soldiers surrendered on conclusion of war. It took 12 days to free Bangladesh. America was complicit in the genocide out of political compulsion.
And look how they repaid. Simping for China and support Jihadists againsts America
Ya there’s a famous letter written to Richard Nixon by a diplomat in Bangladesh imploring Richard Nixon to to stop the massacres by the Pakistan army, one thing he said was “the term genocide is over used but what’s happening here is a genocide” but unfortunately Nixon was famously an asshole so he didn’t only do nothing he fired that diplomat
more like 20 thousand against at most half a million indian army. 😂 what a victory.
You people really be blaming the west for all your problems?
@@StreetDrilla yeah utter shameful for pak, despite being aggressor and having latest tech and support of major powers they were trashed badly and lost half their nation , biggest surrender after WW2 . 😂
Now I need read about this I love how majorsamm always makes me read and research about wars and conflicts
Never seen our war footage like this before.. Great work major samm
Me too, most videos on this topic are from Indian perspective, glad that this video is from Bangladesh's POV as it's the one who suffered the most
thanks for this edit major samm, my grandfather was an officer in the indian army at the time, he was a sapper and served on the frontlines in the war. thankfully survived it, he's still with us :)
Thank him from my behalf for his service.
Was really hoping Major Samm to put Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.
Samm meets Sam
Now this is something outstanding even for your ''things'', MajorSamm.
This one is a bit different than most of your other recent ones, I like it a lot.
Another great video MajorSamm, gotta say your videos are like movie trailers to me in a way. After watching one I want to learn more about the conflict/subject and end up in a rabbit hole reading about it for the rest of the day.
Very eye opening to learn about lesser known historical conflicts to Americans like me.
Excellent work, thanks for making this. Merry Christmas to you and everyone else
Didn't really see footage like this of our war. Thanks Majorsamm
This war also saw the largest surrender of military force since WW2.
Another piece of History forgotten . Another piece of art from Major Samm.
UK clips were excellent. The Indian diaspora is humongous, in Canada they’re very vocal and political. Such a strong national identify for such a young nation.
that is India to you. A Nation ,by shape , demarcated in 1947 , after it's partition at the hands of Britishers and insiders, but with a Homogeneous Culture among the various ethnicities far older than Britain itself, as far older even before the stone wall foundation plans was laid . India as a nation is young, but as a culture is one of the far oldest in the world, to which only the Chinese civilization and Judeo/Jewish culture can rival in true terms.
Young nation ?
@@hellomoto1426 yes? problem?
@@forwardobservations8222 It's funny because most Indians I have talked to find it hard to stop bragging about their 5000 year old civilization.
Indian diaspora in Canada is mostly dominated by Sikhs. And they are not that much in favor of current Indian government.
I greatly appreciate that you present a war through a perspective that is often actually the most prominent in any conflict; that of the fleeing civilians.
Another banger of a music video. It's weird too, as I've been on a George Harrison/Beatles bender the last couple of days, so this was nicely timed I think.
India should receive a peace Prize for preventing genocide.
I forget who said it, but it goes:
"The only moon in the south that is red and will forever remains so"
- I want to say the quote references that because a lot of Bengalis that died due to the genocide were intellectuals, it left and still leaves a major brain-drain on Bangladesh society
Awesome video! Keep it up! Been really enjoying these, especially the wars westerners here less about. I will party on the day you get to the Nepali civil war
It's darkly humorous that the Nepalese Crown Prince singlehandedly ended the monarchy by pulling an American Quiet Kid and gun down his own family
@@quangcaodo8864 agreed, maybe pumped up kicks would be fitting?
@@maxie706 *YES*
Good content, the montage and choice of footage, plus the music really allow to dive into the lives of the people of this time, to experience a tiny fraction of what they must have felt.
Thanks for your work, you can be proud of it.
Welcome back Major, I glad you're doing well.
I see your R&R did you well and your back with another banger for us. Much love from the USA
-REDMAN
To me this was the finest battle India has ever fought. This battle was fought against injustice and and an ongoing genocide. The atrocities committed by the Pakistani forces against the Bangladeshi's were absolutely despicable. The American's, so called torch bearers of democracy and freedom turned a blind eye towards the atrocities committed by the Pakistani's. The surrender of the Pakistani army, almost 93,000 men is the biggest surrender after WW2.
Glory to Mukti Bahini,
Glory to the Republic of India,
Glory to the Great Soviet Union.
Ur great soviet is dead and buried😂😂😂
@@justinkim3235 Everything dies. From the Great Mongol Empire to the British Empire. While the death of the Union is indeed a colossal loss to the entire mankind. The ideals of the Union lives through us.
Yeah support the demon usa from your pity little European countries ,the usa will not to a shit when you will get invaded by russian and china may be
@@faizalsalim1194 lmao what u deliousnal sand eater? Communism never worked once in history lmao the soviet weren't even fully communist. That flawed system killed the most people in history way more that fascism. How can communism work when all it does is shorten the wage gape by making everyone poorer than before and why should an individual work harder when someone else gets paided the same amount for barley working he's gonna barley work too if he doesn't have incentive to work harder like in capitalism
Individualism>collectivism
I'm glad and proud as Bangladeshi and knowing my father fought for our freedom in sector 11 back in 1971. My father is still alive and still serving our nation as a senior citizen. Thank you father and thank you people who have helped us to get our victory.
Amazing video samm
I try my best.
thanks major and merry Christmas
Yay, new video!
Thank You. Couldn't ask anything better. We are celebrating our 50's 💖 still a lot to achieve and a long way to go. Love u my Brothers. Joy Bangla 🇧🇩
Gay Bangla
Pakistan Zindabad
@@JohnSmith-sl2qc beggar paxtan 🤣🤣
@@adilnizam2120 Speak English o betrayer of Islam
@@JohnSmith-sl2qc shekelberg
I started to watch your videos after a hospital stay a few months ago, and I caught I got caught up with all your content in the weeks following while I recovered at home. You've felt like a companion, and your videos are amazing. I look forward to every video that you released. Thank you so much for all you've done. These videos are important.
Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩♥
I’m not much for political apologies but I do think as an American our government should apologize for the complicity of the US in what Pakistan did to Bangladesh
@Ronit Mehta lol I said apologize for our inaction during a genocide perpetrated by an ally if we start apologizing for every coup we allegedly sponsored during the Cold War we would never stop apologizing (and did you like your own comment?)
Yeah i second this,mainly because the perpetrator (Kissinger) is not only still alive but very much successful
Like this is not even a thinly veiled "spreading democracy" realpolitik thing.Its just US letting its ally do a genocide
On 22 February 1971, General Yahya Khan is reported to have said "Kill three million of them, and the rest will eat out of our hands."
I think that quote is important to note in discussions about this conflict
*reported to have said.
Source: Trust me bro.
They killed "intellectuals": doctors, scientists, professors, writers, actors. So as to prevent any possibility of having leaders from the Bengali community. Such is the history of American ally Pakistan.
@MaquaCR these martyrs are celebrated today as the "martyred intellectuals" in Bangladesh
@@maquacr7014 here is your source:- Look for The butcher of Bangladesh :- three star general Tikka khan.
@@patriotenfield3276 Who is the author?
Love and Respect My Bangladesh Brothers From Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤️🇧🇩
Indian army played a rly major role liberating Bangladesh while America and Britain were supporting Pakistan❤️
Yeah, Kissinger's a fucking ghoul.
@@tejashdasgupta1840 i dont get it
@@kannan159 Henry Kissinger was the us national security advisor during the 1971 war. He probably had more influence on the president's foreign policy than any other individual and he gave the Pakistani's a greenlight for op searchlight.
The strange part is that UK politicians actively supported Bangladesh, the UK was sheltering many Bengalis that were being hunted by the ISI and the RAF was even flying in aid for them but the government still didn't end the sale of ammunition to Pakistan.
@@MajorSamm british foreign policy has always been a bit.......fucked, for a lack of better term.
I know so little about war in india, its such a interesting setting too
My grandfather fought in this conflict, and he was part of some of the very first East Pakistan Rifles battalions to defect and turn their newly supplied FALs against the Pakistanis, who were about to order them to purge villages. He fought his way out of East Bengal and into India for further training and then went back into an active warzone to fight all the way till 16th December. He has killed or caused the deaths of many Pakistani soldiers and collaborators, and in his words, he'd do it all over again without an ounce of hesitation.
Bengalis fought for more than their freedom, they fought for their language, culture, and nationhood. Sadly, these three seem to be forgotten more and more with Islam tightening its Arabcentric grip on society slowly. Furthermore, I feel the same way about the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as any self-conscious Jew or Slav would feel about Nazi Germany. They really wanted us Bengalis wiped from the face of the earth. The difference is that the Germans apologized, the Pakistanis never did and they STILL lie about it. Frankly, I want their state destroyed and Balochistan revolting seems fitting for this cursed and diseased 'Islamic Republic'.
Just my two cents as a descendant of a Bengali who fought tooth and nail for freedom.
*They fought for their language, culture and nationhood.*
Urdu was also imposed on all other ethnicities in West Pakistan. No one complained. It was Bengali Muslims who mainly struggled for partition on religious lines. Yet Bengali Hindu minority - being more educated and holding key positions in all top universities - started impeding any attempt at proper unification of both East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Your reservation about Bengali community becoming more Islamic by each passing day reflects the same mindset that influential Bengali minority had at that time.
As Pakistan was really important for capitalist Western world at that time, their governments established a relationship with millitary which was dominated by Punjabis. Bengalis having socialist mindset didn't help. Hence came the inequality that is usually found in capitalist societies. And given the fact that only Bengalis objected to imposition of Urdu as national language, millitary establishment - emboldened by US and UK to protect their interests - grew vary of Bengalis to the point that it developed a racist attitude. The same establisment then started promoting Islam (with Saudi flavor) to avoid any such revolt in future.
As far as Balochistan is concerned, there is no threat of any foreign intervention as Balochistan borders 3 other provinces. Today, Pakistan is not being threatened by commies or ethno-nationalists. It is being threatened by the monsters it itself created i.e. radical Islamists.
@@maquacr7014 The biggest threat to pakistan itself is it's military industrial complex, which have concentrated all the economic wealth for itself and have left the civilians to starve for economic benefits. This MIC is the very reason why radicalisation became a mass drug in pakistan.
@@maquacr7014 also the same three star ranked General tikka khan , who hold the infamous title o "Butcher of Bengal" earned another title of "Butcher of Bengal". His strategy is carried on still by various paramilitary units of pak army in Baluchistan. and tatmadaw used his tactics against other ethnic minority groups including rohingyas too.
@@maquacr7014 Bengali Muslims initially joined Pakistan being sold on the false promise of an artificial Muslim homeland by Jinnah, they joined with the understanding that their ways of life would not be interrupted. Then the imposition of Urdu began forcefully when all we asked for is for Bangla to be made a second state language.
Racist attitudes among Punjabis and Sindhis against Bengalis were already present in 1948 when they tried to impose Urdu on us, that itself is proof. Furthermore, the primary leaders of the push to make Bengali a state language were Bengali Muslims. The ones who were killed by police in 1952 in a state language protest, who are still memorialized to this day were all Bengali Muslims.
Even then, nothing is changed by the fact that Bengali Hindus led the push. It did not make the push for independent Bangladesh less legitimate in any way. If anything, it only made it more legitimate; Hindus are the ones who have kept ancient Bengali traditions intact the most. And of course, why wouldn't I have reservations against the further Arabization* of Bengali culture? We're unique, rich in our own way and we will not easily give up our culture, what we made ourselves for the Arabic script, turbans, full-body burkas, and other symbols of backward desert life.
That supremacist, authoritarian, and the failed state of Pakistan sealed their fate and fully legitimized Bangladesh as an independent country when it explicitly set out to exterminate Bengalis.
There is separatist sentiment in Balochistan and the Balochistan Liberation Army is currently active. Even though they're weak, I'd say Pakistan has yet to get what it deserves: Total collapse.
@@SpaceMarine500 Typical emotional and ignorant Bindu.
Urdu language was imposed on all ethnicities alike. At the time of partition, only 2-3% of Pakistanis had Urdu as their main language. And those people were immigrants from Southern states of India. The question was: which language would the state adopt as a means of communication and day to day activities in two units and later provinces of Pakistan? Arabic, Persian and Urdu were main contenders since these languages didn't belong to any of the main ethnicities in Pakistan. Finally, Urdu was chosen since it had originated in sub-continent. English was chosen as official language alongside Urdu. India also chose Hindi and English as official and national languages.
Regarding racist attitudes existing at the time of partition, that is also a lie. Like I said: Bengali Muslims were at the forefront of struggling for an independent state. Without Bengali Muslims, there would be no Pakistan. Jinnah had been a symbol of Hindu Muslim unity till 1928 after which he changed his views. Bengali was given the status of state language when constitution of 1956 was passed. But like I said: powerful millitary establishment - emboldened by USA and UK - would no longer trust Bengalis anymore. Even Sheikh Mujeeb ur Rehman was threatened by USA that an independent state would harm American interests and America would not tolerate. That's why Sheikh Mujeeb ur Rehman himself didn't push for independence in year 1969 and 1970 and kept chanting Pakistan Zindabad till march 1971. Look up his speech on either 23rd March 1971 or 24th March 1971. His main focus was enactment of 6 point policy and more autonomy for East Pakistan on which stupid millitary establishment didn't compromise.
As far as Pakistan is concerned, you can keep dreaming, boy. What do you think NATO was doing in Afghanistan? They ran away with their tails between their legs. And so did India. I have my concerns about the image of Islam being tarnished for political hegemony. But it is working. As per realistic worldview, where morality and ethics take a backseat, at least millitary is winning if no one else. USSR no longer present, USA losing 3 trillion dollars in Afghanistan for nothing, China emerging as a upcoming superpower, India mired in conflict in Kashmir. The only problem is need of India to counter China for West. But wait till India becomes more powerful and also starts threatening Western hegemony, and West once again needs Pakistan as its ally. Victory is for those who are patient.
Also, no matter how hard Bengali Hindu minority tries to keep Bangladesh and India closer, Pakistan and Bangladesh are natural allies against a hegemon in sub-continent. Akhand Bharat? Dream on.
Thanks for the upload, love your vids.
i love the smell of samm in the morning
Great video as always! This conflict still have some really important ramifications.
Long live Bangladesh!!!!
Another excellent production. I need to look up this war for more info. Thanks for sharing
Nice work
Thanks man. This was a good one. Appreciate it
Great video as always. I feel like people miss the point of these videos so often, but maybe this one hit the nail in many ways.
Never expected George's music to be on here!
So weird seeing ww2 guys mixed with cold war weapons.
According to Wikipedia.
¨The genocide in Bangladesh began on 26 March 1971 with the launch of Operation Searchlight, as West Pakistan (now Pakistan) began a military crackdown on the East Pakistan wing (now Bangladesh) of the nation to suppress Bengali calls for self-determination. During the nine-month-long Bangladesh Liberation War, members of the Pakistan Armed Forces and supporting pro-Pakistani Islamist militias from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami killed between 200,000 and 3,000,000 people and raped between 200,000 and 400,000 Bengali women, according to Bangladeshi and Indian sources, in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape.¨
on behalf of all the people who can't use Google, I thank you
Thanks I was wondering about the background of this video
**according to Bangladeshi and Indian sources**
@@lo-fivibes1838 So, you're of the opinion that The Pakistani sources are objective.
@@tejashdasgupta1840 Not at all, but only sourcing a quote from one side is being biased. Not suprised, because this is the i nternet after all
Thank you to the Indian army for resolving this horrible episode in post colonial history, many Bangladeshi friends are thankful
India's finest hour
Mukti Bahinis finest hour
@@Yusufalsylheti Mukti Bahini were getting massacred in Op searchlight.
@@Yusufalsylheti lol it's all India which orchestrated and armed them from air ,naval to battlefield, these bunch of guriellas couldn't even last a day without Indian support.
India should've never accepted the surrender of the Pakistani forces in Bangladesh. Or should've atleast handed them over to newly formed Bangladesh govt. for justice. Those men committed uncountable number of heinous war crimes too grisly to even mention.
Yes, I think it should have been done. this could have been a very oppurtunistic move to reclaim back PoK. This blunder of Indira Gandhi, the Shimla agreement is still haunting Indian geopolitical security to this very day.
International pressure bro
A " Marawi 2017 " Video would be great, there are some intense footages about that battle
In the 71 war America and the UK were against India and so were half of the Arab world and some SEA countries. UAE was to send half a fighter squadron to Pakistan, Turkey and Jordan were to send 5 fighters each, France was to sell their aircrafts, Indonesia sent a Naval vessel to fight alongside the Pakistan Navy and two carrier groups, one being british led by HMS Eagle and Task force 74 led by USS Enterprise were to bomb Indian Cities, but that did not go well. After a major diplomatic bitchslapping by the USSR and a near showdown with Soviet Naval Forces in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the British and American Task forces withdrew.
This is why The Soviet Union has been great friends of India ever since
Nowadays, the U.S, U.K and France have all came around to support India, as evidenced by the growing arms sales to the country (SEPECAT Jaguar and Rafale anyone?), and the growing impact of the Indian diaspora in the U.S and U.K.
@@souvikrc4499 it has nothing to do with with immigration from India but rather that Pakistan is no longer a useful ally and India is no longer buddies with our main foreign enemy (as much as the media would have one believe the American government doesn’t actually care about Russia anymore and is increasingly focusing on China).
@@hallu4696 except America lost it the moment a Chinese puppet got into power.
@@souvikrc4499 Don't forget C130 , C17 Globemaster, AH 64 Apache, INS Viraat, EXOCET Missiles, Sea King Helicopters and an unsuccessful attempt to sell Leopard 2A4 and AugustaWestLand helicopters
@@patriotenfield3276 Pakistan has aligned itself with China since they both hate India which is the biggest reason for the inevitable end of our relationship yes but another reason is due to their antics in Afghanistan (supporting Pashtun groups and their relationship with the taliban). the loss of Pakistan to China’s sphere isn’t really a concern or a loss on my nation’s end so it’s whatever.
Incredibly based Indian rip-off L1A1’s making their appearance.
India never officially bought the FN license for the L1A1 rifles they used. FN was about to sue India but India expressed interest in purchasing the FN MAG. So FN kinda just forgot about the whole deal.
Lmao no way, really? I gotta look this up sounds fkin hilarious. FN once they decided to buy mags was like "No no it's cool, I'll forget anything happened at all and make a quick buck while at it."
@@panzerjagertigerpelefant yep! Its true, Indian ordinance factory board has a very long history of copying shit without there owner's permission! Which eventually lead to there decommissioning a few days ago. Yep, those FALs were stolen reverse engineered made a bit more comfortable and were finally inducted into service as ishapore C1s and somehow served till late 2000s and now they can be seen in the hands of college and school students under the military youth training program or National cadet corps.
India also bought FN FALs that were intended for exports to Pakistan. this is how G3 Became a battle rifle to the Pakistanis while FN FAL , L1A1 SLR and Ishapore 1A1 Became Indian Battle rifle . Also FN used this to blackmail India in buying FN CAL but that didn't work out well for FN. FN CAL is what gave birth to the Idea of INSAS in the first place.
@@yashshukla5390 those were ishapore 1A1 models , bro. Ishapore 1AC were used after 1971 war and it wasn't that Popular.
This hits even harder when you discover that more Bangladeshis are becoming pro-Islamists today. Islamist groups like the Badr organization also participated in the genocide of pro-independence Bengalis.
that's what you get when a coup in 1975 released all those warcriminals in society.
Joy Islam joy bangla
@@Yusufalsylheti illegal sons of razakars
Thanks Sam for kargil and 1971 video jai hind jai Bangla
❤️❤️ from 🇧🇩
@@nilufaibrahim2317 jai indra ghandhi jai sekh jai sam
Mukti Bahini> pajeet dancing army
@@Yusufalsylheti Mukti bhani and indian army Finished Porkistani Pork Army
@@Yusufalsylheti lol porki try to make fun
Great music choice as always
As a Bangladeshi, I have to say Joy Bangla
Why no mention of Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw. The hero of this war. The first and only (Till date) Field Marshall of our Army. He was a genius military strategist. Without him we could've never won this war. No video of 1971 war is complete without Field Marshall Manekshaw.
Yes Both Sam sir and Oswani sir deserve this.
War Hero my foot. The old geezer was only anxious to save Pakistani War Criminals and "treat them with respect" because they were his "Military academy batchmates" .
@@S.Ghosh_221 Tell that to Indira Gandhi. so much iron lady of her .
not the only field marshal, KM Cariappa came before
@@emergencyexit3967 Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was the first Field Marshal of Indian Army. Field Marshal Km Carriappa was the first Army chief of independent Indian Army. Field Marshal KM Carriappa was given the rank of Field Marshal Posthumously by Rajiv Gandhi somewhere around 1987.
1971 Bangladesh liberation war is the most underrated historical events in the world history. .
Would you be able to make a video regarding the Greek civil War?
That would be interesting to hear about
Oooh, I would like to see that too
Excellent as always, Majorsamm.
Hauntingly beautiful work as always
Another great production by our Major!
At 2 :58
The board says " you are now entering what was pakistan , so bash on regardless."
OMG You did it, Love you Samm. 😍 ❤❤❤❤❤
Another top tier video from the major!
Yahya Khan:" i want the land(bangladesh),not the people(bangladeshi)!" order to the pakistani army.
Thanks for the vid! feels like you uploaded the last one yesterday.
Hello from russia. Ive been enjoing your stuff since Debaltsevo. You really doing great, thanks for your content.
By the way, if you had some thoughts about chechnya or Donbass video, maybe you enjoy the song of Victor Tsoy - Electro train (Электричка) this song got a really bad ass vibe, it surely will be fit in your early checnya vids. Sorry for my English
Your English is just fine chuvak 🤙
Thank you MajorSamm . Joy Bangla !
Good stuff sam
i didn't realize the king posted
More a great job Major! Tks
Another great video, your works are always top notch
I love this channel. I remember joining back when you only had a few thousand subscribers.