Guardians of the Seas : Triumph of the Indian Navy and Its Air Power in the 1971 War

<b>The most detailed account of the Indian Navy’s naval air campaign in the 1971 Indo-Pak War.</b><br>India had a decisive victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war. East Pakistan disappeared from theworld map and in its place Bangladesh was born as a new independent country. Of the manyfactors that contributed to this victory in the war an important one was the active participation ofthe Indian Navy. The Indian Navy starting out as a subsidiary of the Royal British Navy grew inimportance and power under the aegis of Lord Louis Mountbatten after Independence. With theefforts of dynamic officers such as Admiral S.M. Nanda it gradually grew in terms of equipment andpower. It took the years preceding 1971 for it to reach maturity and to contribute in a spectacularmanner to the war effort such that it was instrumental in blockading both West Pakistan and EastPakistan. This book chronicles that story.