1971 War: 'I will give you 30 minutes'

[Pete]

1971 War: 'I will give you 30 minutes'

http://sify.com/news/1971-war-i-will...qlV0fcjja.html

".........Weeks later, Pakistan's Chief Justice Hamidur Rahman was asked to head a War Inquiry Commission, to examine the reasons for the debacle. On being asked by the commission why he had accepted such a shameful unconditional public surrender ,when he had 26,400 troops in Dacca and the Indians only a few thousand outside, General Niazi replied: " I was compelled to do so , as I was blackmailed by Jacob into surrendering." He repeats this in his book "Betrayal of East Pakistan." ..............."

An interesting footnote to History

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by Pete

1971 War: 'I will give you 30 minutes'

http://sify.com/news/1971-war-i-will...qlV0fcjja.html

".........Weeks later, Pakistan's Chief Justice Hamidur Rahman was asked to head a War Inquiry Commission, to examine the reasons for the debacle. On being asked by the commission why he had accepted such a shameful unconditional public surrender ,when he had 26,400 troops in Dacca and the Indians only a few thousand outside, General Niazi replied: " I was compelled to do so , as I was blackmailed by Jacob into surrendering." He repeats this in his book "Betrayal of East Pakistan." ..............."

An interesting footnote to History

Pete,

It is sad that General Jacob wasn't even invited to the festivities but peoples memories are short and the what have you done for us lately is where it's at today....

Big Teddy

[Harpy]

Don't mean to bump an old thread, but from what I understand Gen. Jacob was invited to the event, but did not attend as he is quite old now.