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When news of Pakistan's surrender broke, the Soviets were more jubilant than India because this was the first time that a Soviet backed nation had won against a western backed nation.

What makes this even more interesting is that Indian Admiral Nanda was born in Karachi. He also learned sailing at the Karachi Yacht club. He talks about the bittersweetness of this operation in his book.

Thank u India for 1971❤️ Love from Bangladesh ❤️

I’m from the USA, we never learned about this war in our schools, which to me is very disappointing. I’m very impressed by the competence of the Indian navy, I hope we can become closer as nations! 🇺🇸 ❤ 🇮🇳

-be PNS Ghazi -float up to Visakhapatnam peacefully -refuse to elaborate on why -explode

India has used Soviet weapons with more proficiency than Russians ever did.

Everytime India and Pakistan face off - India crushes them.

This is an eye opener for us Pakistanis who have been blind folded by our military from the reality.

That is actually really impressive by the Indian Navy. One of the things that surprised me the most was honestly that those soviet era missiles actually did their job quite well.

Let me share an interesting tidbit Indian Navy's aircraft carrier INS vikrant which the PNS Ghazi was trying to hunt was not present at the port of vishakapatnam at that time to begin with, Indian Navy had already moved it elsewhere anticipating attacks on it yet several operations were undertaken by the Indian naval intelligence to fool the Pakistanis into thinking that vikrant was still present at visakhapatnam, one of which was ordering large quantities of rations from local markets to the port, the idea was to fool the enemy spies into thinking there's a large vessel docked at the vishakapatnam port and these rations are for its crew At the same time a destroyer INS rajput was packed with multitude of sensory equipment to emit the signals of INS vikrant and was used as a decoy,, everyday it used to sail around 160 miles off vishakapatnam And it actually worked, on 25th November 1971 the Indian Navy intercepted a signal which was being sent from the Pakistani naval establishment to the PNS Ghazi saying :- “INTELLIGENCE INDICATES CARRIER IN PORT” and that she should proceed to Visakhapatnam with all despatch!” This deception plan of the naval intelligence successfully managed to fool the Pakistani intelligence and PNS Ghazi into believing that INS vikrant was still present at visakhapatnam

Awesome video! Kindly continue the series on the Indo-Pak war of 1971.

As an Indian who has been a keen follower of this channel, it makes me super happy to see The Ops Room cover one of the Indian Navy's greatest victories. Thank you ❤

my grandpa participated in this war as a indian air force pilot,he told me that when the Americans sent a carrier to help pakistan.they signed up for a suicide mission to destroy that carrier.thankfully the russians came to our aid and that op was cancelled

Covering A lesser known but quite modern war, Nice!

I read somewhere that even the soviet defence minister was surprised that styx missiles worked so well. It was made mainly to attack enemy ships not land targets but India pulled off an attack on land too which Soviets never thought India would be able to do. They thought India had no weapon for ship to land attack.

Well done and much appreciated. Being a historian myself, I am embarrased to admit I know virtually nothing of the Indian and Pakastani wars other than the fact they existed. This was another excellent production with equally well produced narration which concisely informed of the history and activity of the war.

As a Bangladeshi, I am extremely thankful to you guys for covering the events of our war of liberation. Due to some political complications here. The role of the Indian army has by and large been reduced to a footnote. Hoping you all the best!

Fun Fact- *_The 🇮🇳Indian navy communicated in fluent Russian language with each other during the entire strike ops. Campaign. This was done deliberately(since all crew of the OSA M Class missile boats which were used, were trained in the Soviet union and knew Russian) ,hence even if Indian naval communications were somehow intercepted Pakistanis would be confused_* *_Coincidently, it was later revealed that Pakistanis were utterly terrified assuming that the Soviet Union itself had attacked them, by the time they realized what was happening 🇮🇳IN. Navy had decimated the entire 🇵🇰P. Navy and its only port and naval base Karachi was in rubble_*

I would daresay 1971 was the finest hour of the Indian Armed Forces. And OP Trident is one of the many feathers in that cap. Gratitude to the absolute chads like Sam Bahadur, JFR Jacob, Sant Singh, Ian Cardozo, and most certainly, SM Nanda. 🇧🇩🇮🇳

This was one of the most brilliant naval attacks, using small missiles boats in a way even the original designers didn't imagine they could be used.

Incredibly the Pakistan Navy learnt nothing and just four days later an identical missile boat operation,Op python was launched with much success for the Indian Navy again .Look forward to a video on that.

My father and his brothers were at war of 1971. My father was in INS Krishna. During tje war four ships of K class were together, - Krishna, Kaveri, Kukri and Kirpan. Kukri sank after being torpedo ( could not hv been Pak ). My father returned home but my class mates fathers did not. I still cannot forget them. Indian Navy did an excellent. job. My prayers always with INS Kukri officers and sailors. God bless them

After follweing you for almost 3 years, it warms my heart that The Ops Room has covered an Indian related combat operation and done so well. :)

Fun fact for you'll reading this, my father and my grandparents were living in Karachi when this raid happened and my father was just 1 year old. My grandparents remember how much he used to cry when they had to switch off the lights during the air raids. They safely returned back to India after 9 years

The war of 71 almost never gets covered I’m so glad it’s finally getting the attention it deserves

For this attack, the crew was sent to Sevastopol for training. After the successful attack, Nikita Khrushcev & the soviet admirals were so proud & delighted for the Indian crew that he came personally to Bombay (now Mumbai) to congratulate his Indian counterpart

The naval war of 71 was a very interesting conflict it saw the first use of anti-ship missiles in the ground attack role, it almost saw a carrier battle between the Indian navy and the US navy and the birth of the Bangladesh navy.

Thank you, as an Indian....It was a treat to watch. And special thanks from my family, as 3 of our elders were in the Navy, with a great Uncle actually having served as a Crew on INS Nirghat on that historic night...

Pakistan got so scared of losing big ships after that they stopped operating anything bigger than frigate

I didn't know the details of this incident. India did a good job in their operation 👏

I’m so happy that you covered this. The war is often overlooked on the world stage. There are so many things that happened in this war that had lasting effects for the future generations

I remember my grandfather telling me about this war he was serving the Soviet navy at the time he said that they were in contact with the indians most of the time regrading navel support ...job well done to my indian brothers ❤️👍

Fun fact: "Hangor" is the Bangladeshi word for "Shark". Another fun fact: PNS Ghazi used to be an American Tench-class submarine known as USS Diablo.

One of the most overlooked major war of the Cold War. Glad you covered this!

Here to watch before Google automatically deletes something

Thanks you India ❤ Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️🇮🇳

I’m so glad this channel is covering less known wars and battles.

make more videos on this war.. like how Indian army captured entire bangladesh in 13 days, how Indian army forced 93 thousand pakistani soldiers surrender, and how India was prepared to face the 7th fleet of US navy

My heart goes out to all those who were affected by such a long-standing conflict.

Very detailed and interesting piece. Thank you

This is fascinating! This is a part of history that most of my fellow Americans have little to no idea went on

Sweet mother of god, that was a brutal engagement...

Operation room : making video about badass indian navel combat operations Indian government : hmmmmmm that map.

Like always, amazingly crafted video 🎉

Impressive feat by the Indian Navy.

Pns ghazi was destroyed by the Indian navy not unknown circumstances

As an American, I wish we had better diplomatic relations with India. I don't really understand why we are supporting Pakistan instead, but at least we aren't enemies. I find it odd how India has the 'support' of Russia but hates China. India would be a powerful ally, but unfortunately I don't see any sort of 'alliance' happening any time soon.

Hi Operation Room, your voice and narration is great! I like how you are show casing lesser known conflicts, could you make a video on Iran-Iraq war

I have partial Indian heritage and I've made a point of action to learn much more concerning Indian history. The excellent, the good, the bad and the ugly. I have been awaiting this moment for such a while. A lesser known engagement, and lesser known conflict which deserves more attention to inform ourselves for the future.

Absolutely delighted that Ops Room is covering this war. It's a "minor" conflict with major players. India and Soviets on one side and Pakistan, china and the west on the other. 2 more incidents from this war that may be worth covering are the battle of Longewala where an Indian company of 100 men held off a regiment(?) Of Pakistani mobile infantry. The second incident is the battle of Assal Uttar where indian centurion and AMX 13s faced off against Pakistani Pattons. One of the biggest tank on tank engagement of the modern era. Edit: Inaccurately said that Assal Uttar happened in this war. It was actually an event from the 65 war

Victory comes to the best men..a great job by Indian Navy Even though I'm a Pakistani but I'm fed up of our corrupt military

its great you covered this conflict and more from around the world

Rough day to be in the Pakistan navy.

My parents lived through the independence war and eventually emigrated from Bangladesh. Eternally grateful for that. Thanks for the videos showcasing this conflict.

The Operations Room videos are so awesome, that I usually click "like" before I start watching them

Ooh, nice. I was waiting for you guys to cover some Indian military action. There are many such operations you can choose from. Hopefully we'll see more soon

YES FINALLY!!! Please show more operations my country conducted like the Tangail Airdrop, The Battle of Basantar or my personal favourite, the Battle of Longewala

My grandfather smuggled weapons to the Mukti Bahini, so I am happy to see this war finally get some attention

KZfaq didnt notify me when this video was uploaded, so thanks, International Border Directorate, Survey of India.

As a Bangladeshi, thanks for covering this, i found your channel with the desert storm video, i have been watching ever since.

This episode also known as 'seal clubbing for beginners'. Man, goes to show you what an advantage first strike is.

I was literally just reading about this conflict a few hours ago. Then I log on and find this! fantastic!

Indian W 🚬🗿🕉

Great video outlining the heroics of the Indian Navy. Operation trident remains epic till date.

I have heard,Indian crew only spoke Russian through the radio while communicating..that’s y pak thought they were attacked by airforce!!

I wondered if this is the same conflict where India had a defence treaty with the Soviet Union and called upon it to intervene against the UK and US navies?

Aaand another gem I'm sure, thanks a lot!

Delighted. Hope more such videos are coming

really good job by the Indian Navy ... maybe they could have exploited the victory a bit more but dang .... those missiles were amazingly accurate.

Well done! This is a war you don't often hear about. Thanks for bringing this to us!

Indian navy don't play around. Naval warfare is brutal!!

Love the video as always

Good job pronouncing Vishakhapatnam correctly 😂

A relatively unknown bit of history, especially in the west. The wars between India and Pakistan, the issues of Bangladesh's independence.. And all of it very bloody.

My god sorting the comments from the newest one is a whole another world than the top ones

Thanks for covering this war

Loving your coverage on the subject of the 1971 Indo-Pak war. Would really love to see some videos on the Incredible air warfare during the same conflict, it has some great stories, one of which I have covered in a video myself. :)

This man's history lessons are perfect to sit back, relax and grab some snacks.

This is really cool to learn though sad to also hear the losses and wars etc. As an Aussie lets just leave it up to cricket!

Love these smaller wars/skirmishes videos - would love to see a whole series on the the bush wars in Africa!

Operation Trident was an offensive operation launched by the Indian Navy on Pakistan's port city of Karachi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Operation Trident saw the first use of anti-ship missiles in combat in the region. The operation was conducted on the night of 4-5 December and inflicted heavy damage on Pakistani vessels and facilities. While India suffered no losses, Pakistan lost a minesweeper, a destroyer, a cargo vessel carrying ammunition, and fuel storage tanks in Karachi. Another destroyer was also badly damaged and eventually scrapped. India celebrates its Navy Day annually on 4 December to mark this operation. Trident was followed up by Operation Python three days later.

IMPORTANT TIMELINE IN 1971 WAR 3 December 1971 : Pakistani pre-emptive airstrikes in India. (What a deadly strike by PAF...with zero casualties and zero jet destroyed/damaged of indian side) As a result, India declares war against Pakistan 3 to 6 December 1971 : Battle of Chamb; Pakistan attacks and takes over part of southern Kashmir from India. 4 December 1971 : Battle of Longewala; India stops a Pakistani invasion directed at Jaisalmer (Note : most epic battle of 1971 ..must search about it) 8 December:1971 : Operation Python: Indian naval attack on Karachi, West Pakistan. 11 December 1971 : USS Enterprise is deployed by the US Navy in the Bay of Bengal to intimidate the Indian Navy. 13 December 1971 : Soviet Navy deploys a group of warships to counter Enterprise. The Enterprise moves towards Southeast Asia, averting a confrontation. 16 December 1971 : End of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Pakistan Army surrenders to Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora of the Indian Army. (Note : World record was made by Pakistan military. 90000+ Pakistan soldiers surrendered to indian army in Dhaka. It was largest surrender after WW2) 22 December1971 : The provisional government of Bangladesh arrives in Dhaka from exile. Within 13 Days india defeated Pakistan. Pakistan was not alone ..many countries supported Pak through Aid, military supplies and weapons, many helped Pakistan by giving them jets and ships Just like the west doing for Ukraine. On the other hand india was poor. Only USSR Helped india with weapon supplies.

Thanks for a terrific video!

This is amazing! You should definitely do a video of the various dogfights that took place in the 1965 war including the one that happened over the city of Surat

Thank you for another fantastic video. This conflict has a lot of very interesting and cleverly fought battles. I know it might hurt your views as you have a Euro-American centric audience, But I am very grateful for you making this.

• Full Timeline of the Bangladesh Liberation • NOTE : Pakistan military killed (Genocide) around 3 million Bengalis and Pakistani military raped between 200,000 and 400,000 Bengali women and girls in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape • Before The War 1 March: General Yahya Khan calls off the session of National Council to be held on 3 March in a radio address. 7 March: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - leader of Awami League party that had won a landslide victory in Pakistan in the Federal Elections of 1970, but never been granted authority - announces to a jubilant crowd at the Dhaka Race Course ground, "The struggle this time is the struggle for our emancipation! The struggle this time is the struggle for independence!". 9 March: Workers of Chittagong port refuse to unload weapons from the ship 'Swat'. 16 March: Yahya Khan starts negotiation with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. 19 March: Nearly 200 people are injured at Jaydevpur during clashes between protesters and the Pakistan Army. 24 March: The Pakistan Army opens fire on Bengali protesters in Syedpur and Rangpur. About 150 people are killed. •Events during the War 25 March to 26 March: Pakistan Army starts genocide in the form of Operation Searchlight in Dhaka and the rest of the country, attacking general civilians, political activists, students, and Bengali members of armed forces and police. 26 March: At 1.15 am, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is arrested by the Pakistani 3 commando unit. The Independence of Bangladesh is declared by Sheikh Mujibiur Rahman a few minutes before he was arrested by the Pakistani army. At 2.30 pm The Independence of Bangladesh was declared by Awami league leader of Chittagong M. A. Hannan on behalf of Bangobondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat. This is Bangladesh's official Independence Day. 27 March: Independence of Bangladesh is again declared by Maj. Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. 31 March: Kushtia resistance begins. 2 April: Jinjira massacre. 6 April: The Blood Telegram 11 April: Radio address by Tajuddin Ahmad, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. 10 April: A provisional Bangladesh government-in-exile is formed. 12 April: M. A. G. Osmani takes up the command of Bangladesh Armed Forces. 17 April: A provisional government-in-exile took oath in Baidyanathtala (now called Mujibnagar) in Meherpur District 18 April: Battle of Daruin, Comilla and Battle of Rangamati-Mahalchari waterway, Chittagong Hill Tracts. 24 April: Formation of Bangladesh Action Committee at Coventry, UK by non-resident Bangladeshis. 25 April to 15 August: Operation Jackpot by Mukti Bahini 28 April: Tajuddin pleas for arms aid to neighbors. May 5 May: Gopalpur massacre. 15 May: Indian army starts aiding Mukti Bahini. 20 May:The Chuknagar massacre takes place at Khulna where the Pakistan army kills nearly 10 thousand people 24 May: Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra finds home in Kolkata. 11-17 July: Sector Commanders Conference in 1971. 1 August: The Concert for Bangladesh in Madison Square Garden, New York by Ravi Shankar, George Harrison and friends. 16 August: Operation Jackpot, Bangladesh naval commando operation. 20 August: Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman's attempt to defect by hijacking a fighter. 30 August: Pakistan Army crackdown on Dhaka guerrillas. 5 September: Battle of Goahati, Jessore. 28 September: Bangladesh Air Force starts functioning. 13 October: Dhaka guerrillas kill Abdul Monem Khan, governor of East Pakistan. 28 October to 3 November: Battle of Dhalai in which 3 companies (215 soldiers) of the Jat Regiment (2 JAT) of Indian Army defeated a battalion (800 soldiers) of 30th Frontier Force Rifles (30 FFR) of Pakistan Army. Hamidur Rahman of Mukti Bahini was posthumously awarded the Bir Sreshtho, the highest recognition of bravery in Bangladesh. 31 October to 3 November: Battle of Dhalai: Allied attack from Tripura into East Pakistan to stop Pakistani cross-border shelling. 9 November: Six small ships constitute the first fleet of Bangladesh Navy. 16 November: Battle of Ajmiriganj, an 18-hour encounter between Mukti Bahini and Pakistan army. A famous freedom fighter, Jagatyoti Das, is killed. 14 November to 4 December: The Battle of Kamalpur began, where Pakistani troops defended Kamalpur for 21 days before being ordered to surrender by their superiors. 20 to 21 November: Battle of Garibpur: India attacked Pakistani forces and captured Boyra salient in East Pakistan 21 November: Bangladesh Armed Forces are formed. 22 November to 13 December, and sporadic fighting to 16 December: Battle of Hilli: Indian attack on Bogra in East Pakistan. 3 December: Bangladesh Air Force destroys Pakistani oil depots. 3 December: Pakistani pre-emptive airstrikes in India. As a result, India declares war against Pakistan. 3 to 6 December: Battle of Chamb; Pakistan attacks and takes over part of southern Kashmir from India. 4 December : Battle of Longewala; India stops a Pakistani invasion directed at Jaisalmer. 4 to 5 December : Battle of Gazipur in which Indian Army and Mukti Bahini captured Gazipur. 5 December : Battle of Basantar; India attacks and takes over Pakistani territory in the Shakargarh Salient, opposite Jammu. 6 December: Jashore (Jessore) became the first district in Bangladesh to gain independence. Bhutan becomes the first country to recognise Bangladesh after India. Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra becomes Bangladesh Betar. 7 to 16 December: Battle of Sylhet, liberation of Jessore, Sylhet and Moulovi Bazar. 8 December: Operation Python: Indian naval attack on Karachi, West Pakistan. 9 December: Battle of Kushtia: Indian attack from West Bengal into East Pakistan. Chandpur and Daudkandi liberated from Pakistan. 9 December: Meghna Heli Bridge liberated from Pakistan 10 December: Liberation of Laksham. Two Bangladeshi ships sunk mistakenly by an Indian air attack. 11 December: Tangail Airdrop, which liberated Poongli Bridge on the Jamuna river 11 December: USS Enterprise is deployed by the US Navy in the Bay of Bengal to intimidate the Indian Navy. 13 December: Soviet Navy deploys a group of warships to counter Enterprise. The Enterprise moves towards Southeast Asia, averting a confrontation. 14 December: Selective genocide of Bengali nationalist intellectuals. Liberation of Bogra. 16 December: End of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Pakistan Army surrenders to Lt.Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora of the Indian Army. 22 December: The provisional government of Bangladesh arrives in Dhaka from exile

My grandfather was the Radio operator in INS Nirghat which was one of the missile boats in Operation Trident. My mother was born a day after the Karachi strike.

ayy bro, ignore the indians and pakistanis who aee shouting in the comments. Just here to tell you that i really really appreciate and love your work so please continue to do so love from india

Well the Pakistans pns ghazi didn't exploded under unknown circumstances it was sank by ins rajput of India, well the Pakistan and US didn't accept that because it was a US sub given on lease to pakistan

Thanks!

Nice that you actually respond to comments that don’t know what they’re talking about.

Somehow the map controversy makes me want to watch this video more

The things you learn when invited into the Operations Room. I knew nothing of this battle and little of the war. Brilliant.

A fantastic video, loving the lesser known conflicts ! Thanks for this one

quality as usual thanks

Drinking challenge : take a shot on every triggered pakistani and overnationalist indian in the comments section

Excellent narration, glad to see this underrated war getting covered. Hoping to see more episodes on this war.

Completely unfamiliar with this war tbh, thx for my new obsession research 🙌

I can feel your frustration with the dumb comment section