Forgotten Sunrise: Shiv Kunal Verma's Epic History of the Second Kashmir War

1965: A Western Sunrise. Aleph Book Company, 2021. 926 pages

May 18, 2022

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It sounds like a fantasy combat video game scenario. At the Battle of Asal Uttar, Pakistan had American M-47 and M-48 Patton tanks, while India had British Centurion tanks and some French AMX-13s, but both sides also used American Sherman tanks as well (see photo). Facing the superior Centurions, Pakistani infantry tried out the very first European-made…

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