History of China # 06 | China Vs India 1962 | Usama Ghazi

[Trango Towers]

Imitation being, of course, the sincerest compliment. Thank you.

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joe....i always compliment you. have a nice day

 

[Joe Shearer]

joe....i always compliment you. have a nice day

I have to admit, shamefaced, that that is true. Got more than I deserve from you.

 

[T90TankGuy]

I have read this, too, but have no good source. Only @jbgt90 can help.

I believe he did !!! at least thats what i read in at least two official documents.

 

[Jackdaws]

I believe he did !!! at least thats what i read in at least two official documents.

Where?

 

[T90TankGuy]

Where?

i read it back in the 90 when some friends of my father were writing books on the war and had copies of MOD stuff as research .

 

[Jackdaws]

i read it back in the 90 when some friends of my father were writing books on the war and had copies of MOD stuff as research .

I do recollect reading that Jinnah had said the two armies would fight side by side in case of an external conflict just a few months before Partition. Anyhow, all water under the bridge. Ayub did strike me from history books as a decent man - even serving as a pallbearer for Shastri.

i read it back in the 90 when some friends of my father were writing books on the war and had copies of MOD stuff as research .

This is what I could find -

As the war began, the Shah of Iran sent Nehru a copy of letter he had written to Ayub Khan, suggesting that he send his soldiers to fight alongside Indian forces against the 'red menace'. (I have seen the copy.)

I recalled what Jinnah had said at Law College in Lahore when I had asked him what Pakistan's reaction would be if a third power were to attack India. He had said that his soldiers would fight alongside Indian soldiers. Ayub told foreign powers who wanted him to help India that the fact that Pakistan did not take advantage of India's vulnerability was a form of assistance and a sufficient gesture.

At the end of hostilities, Shastri recalled the Shah's letter and said that had the Pakistani soldiers fought alongside us and 'shed their blood with Indian soldiers', it would have been difficult to say 'No' to Pakistan even if it had asked for Kashmir (Agar wo Kashmir bhi mangte to na karna mushkil hota).

Found it on rediff

 

[Trango Towers]

I have to admit, shamefaced, that that is true. Got more than I deserve from you.

No joe....you are a pretty decent man.

 

[YeBeWarned]

@Joe Shearer you think Nehru did a Mistake when he miscalculated Chinese Strength ?

 

[Joe Shearer]

@Joe Shearer you think Nehru did a Mistake when he miscalculated Chinese Strength ?

Oh, a horrible one, a mistake born out of the total misreading of the situation by B. N. Mullick. Mullick, Director IB, convinced him that the Chinese would not react, and that India should take a 'forward position'. Mullick was supported by Krishna Menon, who had destroyed the morale of the COAS, 'Timmy' Thimmaiah, and by the ruthlessly ambitious Lt. Gen. B. M. Kaul.

There is so much to be said on this.

 

[Sanchez]

China was facing the worst times of famine and pushed to the war by Nehru and his crazy generals. Indians should demand disclassification of the so called Anderson Report and read more of writings by others. Or you will never learn the truth of the history.