When Pakistan's Operation Blitz failed and opened the gates for Bangladesh's birth

Under President Ayub Khan, a military decision was taken that 'the defence of the East lies in the West' based on the principle that if the military was split between the two wings, neither of them would have been able to resist the Indian army

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