Honour Redeemed de Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch

Honour Redeemed: And Other Stories from the 1965 Indo-Pak War

Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 mar 2016

Honour Redeemed recalls the 1965 Indo-Pak war and the military engagements that preceded it with disarming honesty and candour. From the salt pans of the Rann of Kutch to the lofty peaks in Jammu and Kashmir; from the deserts of Rajasthan to the lush green fields of Punjab, stories emerge of battles fought with great courage and valour, told by the very men who fought that war half a century ago.

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Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch, was commissioned in the DOGRA Regiment on 31 March 1972. He is an alumnus of Sherwood College, Nainital, the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, and the National Defence College, New Delhi. A third-generation army officer, his family has the distinction of continuous Army service for the last 125 years. While in the Indian Army, he served in 'Operation Pawan' for two years as part of the IPKF in Sri Lanka, as also across all frontiers of India in senior command and staff assignments. Post retirement he served as the Director of the Indian Army's premier think tank, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), from November 2012 until October 2014. He is a writer and speaker on defence and security

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Prologue Section 1: Prelude to War 1. The Opening Round: The Story of the Battle in Kutch Lt Col Keshav S. Puntambekar 2. My Sojourn in Kutch Col R. Hariharan, VSM 3. The Best Laid Plans: An Account of Operation Gibraltar Maj. Gen. H.S. Kler, MVC, AVSM 4. A Subaltern at the Gun End Lt Col Anil Heble 5. Down Memory Lane: Remembering the Indomitable Mohinder Singh Dardi Brig. Pritam Singh Sidhu 6. Tribute to a Valiant Soldier Brig. Pritam Singh Sidhu 7. With 1/1 GR in Battle: The Capture of Manani Lt Col Anil Heble Section 2: Operation Riddle - Move to Ichhogil Canal 1. View from an Observation Post Lt Col Manohar Sethi 2. My Little War Col D.K. Sharma, VrC 3. Honour Redeemed Col V.N. Bhatia (as told to Col Karan Kaura) 4. Against All Odds Lt Col Naresh K. Rastogi 5. Execution Par Excellence: The Battle of Barki Brig. Kanwaljit Singh 6. Missed Opportunities: The Capture of Barki Col Surinder Sagar Duggal 7. Setback at Khem Karan Brig. Kanwaljit Singh 8. The Light Cavalry in Battle Brig. D.S. Jind 9. Travails of a Prisoner of War Brig. Kanwaljit SinghSection 3: Operation Nepal - The Black Elephant Strikes1. The Bow is Strung: The Black Elephant Division Readies for Battle Lt Gen. Narinjan Singh Cheema 2. The Black Elephant Strikes Lt Gen. Narinjan Singh Cheema 3. A Soldier for All Seasons Usha Cheema 4. Destined to Triumph: The Capture of Phillora Lt Gen Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSM 5. Fortune Favours the Brave: An Account of the Operations of 4 Horse Brig. M.M.S. Bakshi, MVC 6. The Battle as I Saw It: Snippets from the Sialkot Sector Brig. Onkar Singh Goraya 7. A Subaltern's Story Col Prosenjit Barua 8. Love Letters and a Visit from the Prime Minister: Memories from Maharajke Brig. Onkar Singh Goraya 9. An Anthology of Blunders: The Battle of Chawinda, 18-19 September 1965 Brig. Onkar Singh GorayaSection 4: The Air and Other Battles1. Tigers Over Sargodha Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar, PVSM, AVSM, VM 2. Rookie Pilot Wg Cdr Vinod Nebb, VrC and Bar 3. Battlefield Air Strikes: Thinking and Implementation Air Marshal V.K. Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, VrC and Bar 4. The Battle of Miajlar Lt Gen. G.K. Duggal, PVSM, AVSM, VrC 5. Victory at Kalidhar: 6 Sikh LI in Battle Col Harjeet Singh 6. Compassion at Ground Zero Maj. Gen. P.K. Batra, AVSM 7. The Bridge Over the Tawang Chu Maj. Gen. A.J.B. Jaini, AVSM 8. A Soldier Par Excellence Col Surinder Sagar Duggal

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