India's Thermopylae: The MIRACULOUS Stand at Longewala & How India Held the Line

An epic tale of courage and victory with this exploration of India's legendary Battle of Longewala in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri and his 120 soldiers faced off against a massive enemy army supported by tanks.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:34 The Tensions of 1971
4:31 The Strategists
6:40 The Prelude to the Battle
8:19 Terrain and Logistics
9:31 The Opening Gambit
11:55 Holding the Line
13:44 Air Power's Role
15:47 Victory Against the Odds
17:48 Turning the Tide
19:03 Recognition and Legacy

[@sharatchandra1130]

“Our Flag does not fly because the wind moves it - It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it “

[@typlosion22]

JAI HIND!

[@SaumyaRanjnaSwain]

Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳... HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@Thigamabob]

@@typlosion22 WE LUW VOW DUNG CURRY SAAR 💩

[@simpboi69]

Grow up brother grow up​@@Thigamabob

[@BHWSGigaNiga699]

​@@Thigamabobola hu Uber sir We love camel piss We are Muslims

[@GrecoByzantine1821]

Support India from Greece 🇬🇷❤️🇮🇳 Kashmir is India

[@KnightAnish01]

Thank you ❤🙏🌹 yes Kashmir belongs to us

[@weirdgrimjow5372]

Jai Hind

[@jdamsel8212]

Based. Anatolia is Greek.

[@ghaah]

🙏♥️

[@c.vineethr]

Even Pakistan itself is India

[@krushnashishpradhan9251]

Massively underrated outside India

[@kennethhanes5438]

It’s was mostly due geopolitical reasons at the time

[@daltonsmith4823]

Agreed

[@HUMShaBaK]

Border Movie..

[@cancr13]

Actually it's taught in most militaries across the world.. Like many other such battles

[@cancr13]

​@@HUMShaBaKborder was the most unrealistic movie ever made..

[@akshayrai9542]

We Indians have another exemplary example of our Indian Army. In the 1962 Indo-Sino war, the 'C' Company of the 13th Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army, comprising 125 brave men, fought valiantly until the very end against the Chinese aggression. This battle is famously known as 'The Battle of Rezang La'. Their unwavering spirit and dedication towards their duty continue to inspire us even today. Their sacrifice will always be remembered as a testament to the courage and determination of the Indian Army.

[@farukhsheikh5790]

I was on zhihu the other day, and some Chinese were saying it was a propaganda by us, after loosing the war. 😅😅 Man, they turned more than 40 casualties to just 4, after half a year and then talking about propaganda.

[@ashesofhopesinabonfireofdr6341]

​@@farukhsheikh5790 isiliye to China aur Pakistan ki dosti shehed se meethi aur Himalaya se oonchi hai 🤣. Dono mulk jhooth bolkar khud ko tasalli dene mein lumber waan hain. Ye itni badnaseeb kaum hai ye apne bacchon se jhooth bolte hain.

[@IWasInBerlinDuringWW2]

@@farukhsheikh5790never argue with a Chinese person, 75% of everything they spit out is misinformation

[@gauraverma]

For weeks everyone thought that sooldiers deserted the post but when some shepherd got their & saw dead bodies of soldiers with guns still in their hand the true story of valour came out

[@akshaypatwal6013]

Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat at that time.

[@Archway16]

My grandfather was deployed near Longewala to conduct artillery support for the Indian side during the war. It was truly one hell of a battle!

[@Archway16]

@Ashwani-yy2jt maybe you don't know how combat works, but the 120 men weren't only ones to stop the enemy! The next morning, the Air Force along with Artillery, saved the men at Longewala! Each man carried out their mission well, and we won as a result of teamwork! So before you ramble on like an idiot, please educate yourself. 🙂

[@vladimirputin9308]

@@Ashwani-yy2jt grow up kid

[@Archway16]

@@Invincibilitycloak Thank you 🙏

[@redpanda8238]

Thank you to your grandfather for his service to this nation ❤

[@saptarshisengupta8235]

Jai Hind ❤

[@davidkinsey8657]

Longewala was not a last stand. The smaller unit won convincingly and ended the major action of one front in a two front war, and in only a few days. Unfortunately this doesn't capture the attention of the world like a defeat like Thermopylae, the Alamo or Wake Island. But they deserve as much glory as the fighters of those other conflicts.

[@Dr.Kraig_Ren]

It was. Kinda. Post was far ahead in the desert and retreat from the battlefield in an open desert without any vehicles or tanks was suicidal. There were few Last stands in Indo-China war in which nearly entire units died in the starting days. After ammunition ran out, some units charged banzai charge with knives on hand into Chinese lines. They didn't want to get captured and tortured. Search about it. Battle of rezang la and sikh banzai charge

[@Nithzzzable]

Battle of Rezing La was a Last Stand but not the Battle of Longewala… we lost 2 personnels, a few Camels and 1 M40 … PAK army lost 200 personnels and abandoned 500 vehicles

[@TheCaptain0117]

Was fought on the highest battlefield in the world. There is a Round About/ road intersection monument named after this war near my home. Honors aee given to martered soldiers every year

[@sunilsingh-xp1zh]

Sacrifice of every solider counts in any war ,valour can’t be comprised we should proud for every sacrifice made to protect the nation and pay our respect to them.

[@detectivesdelhi]

We are not for Western style record stats. Respect for everyone who fights for his family village country forefathers culture 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ngtrueblue]

While the Battle of Longewala is a memorable testament to the bravery and patriotism of the Indian Army, the Battle of Rezang La is more deserving of the title of Indian Thermopylae.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

unfortunately much that happened in Rezang La is shrouded in legend, and strong academic work piecing the details aren't common knowledge enough to make substantial content on it :/

[@MSP1412]

The battle at Rezang La is the stuff of legend

[@RR-pc7yv]

@@anonymouslyopinionated656 Then you should read about the book written on it by Kulpreet Yadav ji. Even Captain Amarinder Singh ji has also written about it in one of his books on the history of the Indian Army.

[@HemantKumar-id3jg]

​@@anonymouslyopinionated656Voh din aayega zaroor. They will get the respect and recognition that they deserve from the world.

[@patriotenfield3276]

Reel Life Border 1997 Movie :- Almost Entire company wiped out but enemy is defeated by Air Force. Real Life 1971 Longewala : - Only 2 KIA because their 105 RCL Jeep was hit + Air Force Combo Kill Spree .

[@rajshinde6525]

Real life was less believable than the movie

[@IWasInBerlinDuringWW2]

@@rajshinde6525true and that’s the best part

[@ajishso]

"Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh"

[@hollowwolloh8794]

🙏🙏

[@dragonstormdipro1013]

Modern Indian military is extremely underrated. It has pulled off some of the most successful combined arms operations in modern times, using Eastern bloc weaponry nonetheless, which is something Russians themselves have never managed to do. The country has training on par with NATO for most part , an extremely good NCO corp, great interservice co-ordination and a complete merit based promotion system. It's more "Western" than many European militaries, and uniquely, has experience on fighting peer-level conventional wars.

[@JoeRogansForehead]

except for the wars against China lol . They can’t even put down a Kashmiri insurgency

[@ajaypal14121]

@@JoeRogansForehead the war with china which we fought air force weren't used by any side and in Kashmir well we aren't USA who will bomb civilians

[@imperialg.s6453]

@@JoeRogansForehead USA wasnt able to put the Afghanistan even after bombing the shit out of it Kashmir is very sensitive area,it insurgency has went down ,but remember Indian forces are not allowed to use their airfirce and artillery on insurgents. Its hard to put down a insurgency that is being supported by your neighbours next door,India can only try to stop them from crossing and hunt those in Kashmir.

[@JoeRogansForehead]

@@imperialg.s6453 🥱🥱🥱 tell me when you guys have indoor plumbing . Then we can discuss the pros and cons of the military

[@therahulrs]

Where's the insurgency now bub!

[@satyaprakash03133]

You have missed to decipher the monumental achievement on december 16 1971, the chief of Pakistani forces, General AA Khan Niazi, along with 93,000 troops, surrendered unconditionally before the Indian military, the world's largest surrender in terms of the number of personnel since World War II.

[@usmanqureshi08]

He was not chief of Pakistani ARMY(Pak Fouj) He was chief of Eastern command(Msharqi Kamran) which was posted in Bengal

[@HUMShaBaK]

And India treated them well with buryani and nice food and didn't even used the surrendered soldiers as bargain chip in the Simla Agreement... India freed East Pakistan as Bangladesh and even didn't took an inch to blooster its chicken neck or chittagong to have a free route from bay of Bengal to north east as second route in case of chinese threat.. and at western side pok was not on table and no sanctions and penalty on Pakistani ... It was like India did not asked anything other than water distribution of rivers after 1971 war and independence of Bangladesh. Like doing free charity using the lives of her soldiers and money of its citizens. Indian army won the war and Indian politicians failed its people.

[@SaumyaRanjnaSwain]

​​@@HUMShaBaKI completely agree with this bro.... But India retained TURTUK which Indian forces captured in "Battle Of Turtuk" in 1971.... But it was very small enough... Indian Army captured around 15000sqkm territory of West Pakistan during 1971war... Mostly Shakargarh front in Punjab, Turtuk in North, some territoties in southern Rajasthan.... Out this only 880sqkm Turtuk was retained by India 🇮🇳 .. and... rest of which was given back by India during 1972 Shimla Agreement... And the reason was given was "gesture of goodwill"..... Whereas these territories can be used as a bargaining chip for POK... I always wander why it wasn't done??? I guess probably for the realease of Sheikh Mujib Ur Rehman... Maybe this is the reason... Or... maybe something else...

[@HUMShaBaK]

@@SaumyaRanjnaSwain USA was pressurizing India to ceasefire. They even send a armada to stop us and soviet send submarines to help us but it only exclated cold war tensions. But still, Chittagong must be annexed, to get a sea route to north east directly from bay if bengal and chicken must be enlarged... Pok must be taken back then as it was occupied territory by Pakistan... India bureaucracy and politicians chickened out infront of USA pressure... 😤😤 I amazes me the west and USA was with Pakistan and China and now they are like the most pain in their ass while we who followed NAM policy got shorter end of the stick. 😤😤and now west is begging us to help them with China and middle east.. f it . USA was the greatest ally of Pakistan in all the years since independence. Relations got worse only when usa attacked Afghanistan and ISI pakistan became safe haven for taliban and the osama bin laden. 😂😂😂.. pakistan is a back stabber for USA and a burden too..

[@NoobGamer-xw7jf]

@@SaumyaRanjnaSwainthough i am indian, i would like to point out that pakistan did retain the city of "Chamb" in Kashmir after 1971, it is 127 sq.km in size

[@951sht]

The last stand, found all across military history. So true! Some other notable examples in India are : 1. The Maratha Vanguard Last Stand against the Siddi leading Biijapuri Forces. Their story has been forever immortalized by the renaming of Ghod-Khind (Horse Pass) to Pawan-Khind (Sacred Pass) where 300 of them under Bajiprabhu Deshpande threw away their lives to save the fledgling Swarajya (Self Rule). 2. The Sikh battalion's last stand against the Chinese in the 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes.

[@raja2850]

Won't Pawan khind be air-pass and not sacred pass?

[@951sht]

@@raja2850 it is paavan (पावन) sacred and not pavan (पवन) air/wind.

[@raja2850]

@@951sht 👍

[@ajaypal14121]

Well it's the India's history of fighting outnumbered and outguend Most time and winning too Here many battles you could count on and few instances of one man army 1 SEPOY (In west private ( Jaswant Singh rawat 4 Garhwal rifles fought alone when his whole company either annihilated or fell back he fought Alone for 3 days and killed 300 chinnese they were so upset that they beheaded him and took his head as trophy but returned after war 2 Maj shaitan singh who fought against 3,000 PLA forces in 1962 war in the battle of rejang la with 120 soldiers whole company was annihilated 5 were taken pow but chinnese faced 1000 casualties and its chinnese data 3 Hav Abdul Hamid who had destroyed 7 Patton tanks during 1965 war with RCL jeep And i mean i could count more than 20 instance since independence and hundreds of pre independence

[@jagsidhu4559]

My dad a young infantry officer was in the frontlines in 1965 at Khemkaran where the Pakistan Army was brutally destroyed in a similar fashion. Their armored division was halted by Infantry. The hero of that war was Abdul Hamid, he destroyed three tanks with his anti tank gun mounted on a jeep.

[@bakairosan4126]

Brother, I request you to cover the battle of Rezang la in 1962 India - China war. It's such an unbelievable incident of a last stand show by soldiers of the Indian Army that initially people in the military could not believe it themselves till they found the frost covered bodies that told the tale of that fateful day.

[@scottessery100]

Sikh soldiers have a history of being incredible Their bravery in ww1 and ww2 has been criminally under reported let alone on the Indian sub continent

[@NishantNair-qk7vz]

Believe me when I say this, the Sikh community, not just the soldiers, are the pride of our nation! We are blessed to have them and their courage with us. Their tales of bravery are quite well reported.

[@untitled6391]

"under reported let alone on the Indian sub continent" the fk are you talking about

[@maheshdocherla]

Far more examples of Sikh bravery exist against Afghans, British, Mughals etc.

[@kun14al07]

Btw this was Punjab regiment which has a mix of Hindu and Sikh troops.

[@BigBrotherTheWatcher1984]

Punjab Regiment also recruits non-Sikh soldiers.

[@scottessery100]

Can you imagine facing a regiment of Sikhs and Gurkhas 😮

[@Roachh2877]

Ac130 coming up

[@pagan-540]

That will be a sight. But Indians have another formidable regiment of Nagas, little known outside India. These boys are peerless in Jungle and mountain warfare.

[@IWasInBerlinDuringWW2]

@@Roachh2877 AC130 is only useful against weaker nations or militants, any major power can easily shoot down the aircraft

[@Nmax]

​@@Roachh2877AC130 shot down by the air force or SAMs ....ooops...

[@amanbrar6620]

Google 1809 Sikh Gurkha war

[@competitionglen]

Great story telling here. I'm an Aussie so I don't know much about other battles/conflict so this is fascinating learning for me. Great work.

[@raminderify]

Wing commander bawa missed the point. True that it was the Indian air force that eventually destroyed the pakistani attack but point is that Indian air force only came into action at daybreak bcos it lacked night fighting capabalities. And thruout the night it was Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri and his 120 soldiers along with soldiers of BSF who confronted 40 tanks and some 3000 pakistani soldiers. They were given offer to withdraw by army high command but choose not to do so choosing instead to fight it out to the end. And in doing so stopped pakistanis from occupying city of jaisalmer by day by dawn. How effective would wing commander bawa have been then from driving out pakistani forces from jaisalmer?. So the defining point of this battle is the sheer bloody mindedness of 120 soldiers who choose to fight it out with 40 tanks and 3000 enemey infantry

[@jigyashu_Geosis]

This was the epitome , of Indian ingenuity on the battlefield, of the courage of Indian soldiers who , fought at that front and doesn't retreated and protected the road to Jaisalmer 🗿

[@luftwaffe4987]

indeed, i heard that napoleon learned a lot from the indians

[@RohitSharma-oh8qm]

@@luftwaffe4987 not sure about that ..but napolean did wanted to invade india .

[@jigyashu_Geosis]

@@luftwaffe4987 Napoleon was a genius military tactician , who were inspired by the legends of Hannibal and Alexander, a student of history he always used histories knowledge to his advantage 🗿

[@jigyashu_Geosis]

@@RohitSharma-oh8qm But failed in Egypt by the action heratio Nelson 🗿

[@Abheeeeee9]

Hannibal was a fking genius​@@jigyashu_Geosis

[@mnd7381]

Most foreign channels get a lot of minute details, maps wrong. You got them right. This was something

[@williamromine5715]

There were not just 300 Spartans(sp). Other forces also stayed and fought with the Spartans, but Sparta took all of the credit.

[@kaycey7361]

Fact.

[@kaycey7361]

Also the athenian navy destroyed the Persian adventure

[@prakashonbasics3670]

My uncle Brig . V. M.Jog (who is now 96years) was in charge of telecommunications in that region during Longewalla .

[@Ko-gp2qi]

Good to know about it

[@CountStrider2]

ah he was in jodhpur in the signal corps wasnt he, ive seen it in a book or smth , a lt.col at that time I thank you for your family's service

[@prakashonbasics3670]

@@CountStrider2 thank you. Yes indeed. He still remembers those days fondly.

[@CountStrider2]

@@prakashonbasics3670 I wish him good health and happiness m8

[@MandeepSingh-bv2zw]

Pls say my thanks to him for his seva to our country 🙏🏻

[@TriloByte101]

i come from haryana ,india and my family elders served in WW1 with scots and WW2 with france... their best feat which was recoded under my family elders is being a part of jodhpur lancers.... against ottomans... my grandfather served in 1965 war and my grandfather from mother side in 1967 conflict... my father served in 1999... and i currently can't keep it going since i have nerve problems and naturally not being fit....funny how life plays out... it's a game played with bullets as my grandfather used to say😂... it's a part of the game i guess...

[@saltycanadian6190]

My grand father fought with some Sikhs, he said he’d rather fight and die with a Sikh than a Brit. Something about the warrior culture, and him knowing a Sikh would fight until death. While a brit might run.

[@talpark8796]

nonsense generalisations 🤨

[@karandullet380]

​@@talpark8796 well if you want the brits to fight till the end you'd have to push them into a position where they can't flee and surrender isn't an option

[@scottessery100]

@@karandullet380nonsense generalisation

[@gurkiratsingh4314]

Saw a video somewhere, attempting to answer why Canadian soldiers were so merciless, especially in world war 1, the narrator said,"Some records show, Brits would always send the army men of the colonies ahead to face the fire first, resulting in mass casualties of that of the "inferiors" first. My great grandfather served in the Indian British army, as well as the Reich in 2nd world war. Not proud of the fact that he fought for a tyrant, being a Sikh means to fight oppression and defend the poor and needy. but there was this thing called the Indian Legion, an army led by Netaji Bose in his resistance to the imperialism, They weren't successful though, had some support from the Japanese in attempt of capturing back India, but Japs were dealing with the entire Asia at that time.

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

That’s a loud of crap

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about longewala conflict that occurred between Pakistan 🇵🇰 and India 🇮🇳... in 1972 . when small numbers of Indian troops gained victory ✌️...it was a wonderful introduction by an excellent ( the front) channel...thanks

[@abshekprasad]

1971*

[@duaneday5474]

I learned that the Spartans would have won if they had Indian air cover

[@sidhantjasrotia220]

this made me chuckle, good one

[@UNKNOWN-kq6dp]

Battle of Pawankhind is also a great example of the last stands

[@prasadsuryawanshi6170]

One of the greatest!

[@death_parade]

I was going to simply like this video after watching it and move on. But your mention at 4:18 of the fact that it was the Bengali Hindus that were targeted in the 1971 genoc!de is what made me subscribe to you. Nice attention to detail. Keep it up.

[@cheniscus123]

Team work by both the Army and the Air Force won the battle. The tangible apprehension felt by the ground forces especially when tanks are involved is something only dedicated soldiers will stand upto. This also speaks volumes of the commanding officer whose leadership evoked resilience in men under his command.

[@MrMarshallAC]

This is the greatest management lesson on human resources, material management, strategic planning and collaboration. This is only taught by the army and not in any MBA .

[@Briselance]

Neither the IAF nor the ground troops won the battle by themselves. Had the infantry caved in, the IAF would have had nothing to support. Had the IAF been disabled in the area or tied up elsewhere, the infantrymen would have had possibly nothing to delay and beat back the Pakistanis.

[@wavavoom]

I agree, this was a hammer and anvil combination and the meat in the middle of this was a Pakistani army thrust

[@harindergill9528]

Good to see that you have made content on Indian Wars which are very less known in the west. Addition to this video, there were 2 highest medals offered in first 2 days of war - 1) Paramveer Chakar (highest award) to Nirmal Jeet Singh Sikhon, an IAF pilot who downed 2 PaK AF fighters before getting hit from a very disadvantageous position (Try making video of that) 2) Mahaveer Chakra which you mentioned in the video for this battle.

[@johnryder1713]

Practically a indian Rourkes drift that not enough people heard of

[@basantitanga3631]

Saragarhi, Longewala, Jashwantgarh..... Indian army has many such glorious legends.

[@aragornii507]

Full support to India!!

[@arifmuhammed2478]

Thank you for finally covering this👍

[@ajrana7225]

You nailed the battle story with full grace. Absolutely loved it.

[@fazzxides8429]

I think if the Spartan Air Force had joined the battle on the first morning Thermopylae would have had a similar outcome

[@talpark8796]

🙄

[@JoeRogansForehead]

They had dragons didn’t they?

[@Subhit30jan]

😂😂😂

[@rajath275]

They had about 10,000 Greek volunteer soldiers with them from other city-states from day one, but that didn’t affect the outcome, did it?

[@johnhasslinger1779]

@@rajath275they had maybe 7000 vs as many as 2-300 thousand. The last stand of the 300 Spartans is the main point people think about though, which is why it’s as celebrated as it is, they held them back as the rest of the Greeks retreated.

[@sanjeevbatish9879]

Do cover the battle of Rezangla. 124 men of Kumaon Regiment against 2000 Chinese attackers. 114 of the 124 men died taking the bullets on their chest.

[@leovolont]

Yeah, that actions of the Indian Air Force was what made the Pakistanis quit their Indian Invasion; however, the Battle was won by the Indians who held the Field during the Night's fighting. If the Indians had been over run during the night, then the Indian Air Force would have had nothing to save by the next day, but their work would have only been a prelude to the next battle, an Indian Counter Offensive which would have then been necessary. but since the Indians held their positions overnight, then it was easy for the Indian Air force to do an easy clean up, but it was the Infantry Grunts on the Ground that won the Battle of Longewala.

[@HarpreetSingh-lj1rx]

Thanks sir but a few would not digest the fact that you told.. 😊

[@Ko-gp2qi]

You know so im subscribing your channel, thanks a ton for letting much more people know about this much forgotten war

[@shashanktrivedi27]

I have read on internet that chief of imperial general staff field marshal Robert Carver personally arrived to know first hand account from than Major chandpuri at the actual location of battle.

[@swastik-12]

Tysm for making this video🙏

[@shashwattripathi4559]

Massively underrated channel right here. I love your delivery and the level of research. Please make more Indian content.

[@vikram_shahi]

Glory to India 🇮🇳

[@Pikachupewpewpew]

Amazing that you covered this 👍 please try and cover india's military since independence

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Cover the British Taking Calcutta

[@scottessery100]

@@JoeRogansForeheadwhy?

[@JoeRogansForehead]

@@scottessery100 because they fk em up

[@alphaastro3068]

​@@scottessery100why not

[@lukejohnston4666]

Battle of Basantar, next? (Still 1971 Indo-Pak War - I am no Indian tho)

[@SaumyaRanjnaSwain]

It is a great vedio sir..... Another famous battle was fought in Punjab sector.... This battle is known as "BATTLE OF BASANTAR"..... This was even a another greatest battle fought in 1971 war... We love to see if you plz make documentary on "1971 Battle Of Basantar"

[@brunoandcruizer596]

Sikhism is the bravest religion in the world. They are not feared of death and stand against wrong things

[@user-fm3xz9nm5d]

It was Punjab Regiment, Not Sikh.

[@shaungillingham4689]

Their stand was truly heroic

[@badrimaharaj]

Point of trivia: 122 sqn was an ad hoc unit whose pilots came from the Hunter OCU.

[@peterprovenzano9039]

Amazing story. Please do more war history/stories that is unknown in the Western world

[@user-gp9hi1ty7d]

Thank you, well narrated.

[@kafir.maratha]

There was another battle like this. Battle of ghod khind (later named as paavan khind) where 300 odd maratha soldiers and the chief baajiprabhu deshpande held ground against a massive adilshahi army.

[@shubhamjadhav2012]

Great Video! Also, the Battle of Pavan Khind was a similar one which happened in 1660. a video on that would also be nice.

[@rockythakur0]

You must explore the battle of Rezan La where the 13 Kumaon battalion, a contingent of Ahir soldiers from the Company of India, valiantly fought until the last soldier in order to obstruct the advance of the Chinese PLA forces across the ridge, with the objective of defending the Chushul Valley

[@Weebu_]

Targeted audience: 🌎 Actual audience: 🇮🇳

[@udayanmails]

There was one more long before Longewala. It was the Battle of Pawan Khind fought in 1660 AD fought between the Marathas and the Bijapur Sultanate.

[@TheCryptoOptimist]

Well covered!

[@sankalp3513]

Thank you for shedding light on this very important piece of Indian military history. Please also look into the last stand of soldier Jaswant Singh Rawat in the 1962 Indo-China war. I think you'll find it interesting as well. More importantly, thanks for highlighting that Operation Searchlight was a program of ethnic cleansing of the Bengali Hindus of East Pakistan by the Pakistan Army and its local Islamist allies the Jamaat-e-Islaami. Sadly, this genocide gets no mention among the modern 20th century genocide when history is discussed in the West.

[@Kusum1997sidd]

The ground war must be honestly respected

[@Value_Pilgrim]

I agree with others and think you should make a video on - *"The battle of Rezang La"* In a way its *INDIA's Alamo Battle.* Also, do you know the name of the CO (Commanding Officer) for that Battle? His name was Major Shaitaan Singh!! Shaitaan means the Devil!! Singh of course symbolises the Lion. I hope that has aroused your curiosity! 😄

[@arunavaghosh3391]

Great video

[@toosecret4941]

Jai Hind🇮🇳 3000+ Pakistani Soldiers,Tank & Artillery Regiment were defeated by 150 Indian POLICE Personnels at Sardar Post Gujarat in 1965 Indo-Pak War. (Suppose battle between Police vs. Army)

[@AryanDude0]

I think you should also make a detailed video on "Battle of Nathu La and Cho La". Another example of bravery

[@wm.tomlinson1434]

Very cool. All who aspire to be warriors need knowledge gained from the heroism of such men. War is a terrible thing but when engaged in when your cause is just, there are few things more honorable in history.

[@rileyernst9086]

I love the term conspicuously gallantry. It implies there could be a decoration for inconspicuous gallantry.

[@vaniganapathi830]

How many Hindu genocides did we really have in history. Being Indian myself I am coming to know all these only these past 3-4 years. 😢😢😢

[@brokenbridge6316]

Theirs probably not an English Dub of the movie "Border" but I wouldn't mind seeing it. One day.

[@dragonstormdipro1013]

As someone who has watched Border, it's really not a good movie

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@dragonstormdipro1013---I won't argue. But still. I would like to judge that for myself.

[@shashwatsinha2704]

English subtitles are available

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@shashwatsinha2704---How nice. Thanks.

[@abshekprasad]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHixnqyqbr6qp8U&ab_channel=UltraMovieParlour This is the link to the movie. It has English subtitles.

[@commentatorxyz5514]

I always wished someone revealed this miraculous true story. Thank you for this video.

[@markmcallan973]

I've met many Sikhs in my time they are very proud and respectful people!👌👍👊

[@hironava1310]

Famous last stands by Indian army are: Battle of Rezang La and Battle of Saragarhi

[@Absilon13]

My Grandfather was in every battle except the kargil as he retired, he was the part of Legendary 4th Sikh Regiment (Rechristened from 36th Sikh that fought Saragarhi). Their battalion went inside th Lahore and ripped off a board which read as Barki Thana Zila Lahore, he said if there was enough time and had not the ceasefire been done they would have brought their President and Prime Minister which were present then.

[@miaomeow69]

Wow what is his name

[@Absilon13]

Subedaar Sohan Singh.@@miaomeow69

[@commentatorxyz5514]

Thanks!

[@automationvesta]

It finally convinced Pakistan Army that they can not win against India, even with superior weapons and numbers. That has stopped them from attacking India again except a sneak occupation in Kargill, which also was defeated by grit of Indian troops.

[@PK-se2jh]

awesomeee

[@sandeepssangha]

Since they had limited mines, they also buried all their metal tiffins in ground, to slow the advancing tanks, as they were not sure where were real mines and where were simply dummies, with a few active mines mixed in it. Its not only fighting tanks, its 4000 infantry, and over 300 other military vehicles, using cleaver tactics from right within the enemy to instill fear. Dont forget 93000 Pakistani surrender to India

[@dexterroy]

15:00 You covered the 'scrapping the dune' incident, nice. Apparently the pilot didn't realise the extent of the damage until he he returned back to the airbase and he was told he cannot fly that plane any time soon.

[@hollowwolloh8794]

Indian Air force Came in time. Goosebumps ♥️💯 JAI HIND♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@dadaji_69]

Major ( later brig)kuldeep singh Chandpuri asked for air support but at that times Indian Airforce could was not able to fight at night. Major know if his men can keep Pakistani forces engaged till morning then airforce can do their work. .so they led Anti tank mines first and then some aluminium tiffin boxes so metal detector can detect it and pak forces would think that it is mine. This was brilliant plan and same happend. Pak forces was busy in finding mines and thus they wasted 4 hours doing so . Respect and homage to Late.brigadier kuldeep singh chandpuri ji,MVC

[@sabkabaap1758]

check out the battles of Saragarhi ~1897 and Pawan Khind ~1655

[@ashrawwuk0783]

Battle of rezangla against Chinese 1962.. 124 Indian soldiers against 3000 Chinese with more advance weapons ...major shaitan singh

[@keshavkhanna6028]

Amazing content. Keep it up. Look up operation Meghdoot and others that happen later. Indian Subcontinent is filled with such stories.

[@deogiriyadav8399]

By this detailed n researched video... I can tell... U love history... Not only ur country... But the whole world history..... I wanna recommend an amazing indian historical movie... Named.... Sardar udham... U will love this movie... I know u have a great knowledge but by this movie u r going to explore an unspoken era of history of London n India... ... Advice... Don't watch any video or read about it... Just go blank for it... U will thanks me later...... Good luck👍👍👍👍

[@AryanDude0]

Please make a such video on the Battle of Rezang La

[@brokenbridge6316]

Now I'm glad that I didn't pass on watching this video. Thanks a bunch for mentioning my comment The Front.

[@khushigupta6238]

There were 1.4 millions soldiers of india who faught in world war 1 and 70,000 d*ed in that battle.Approximately same in WW2 .Do they(britain) teach this even their textbooks?There is not a since museum dedicated to them in Britain..

[@Timepass-cw2it]

We need to learn more about our history

[@MrRickyw01]

Recently Chinese troops did not fare well against Indian Forces during some border incidents. They must be doing something right.

[@ARCISX]

FM Sam Manekshaw only suggested resignation, never went through it.

[@DBatta]

Thanks to the increasingly better Bollywwod, I knew the story and then with a little research I discovered that it was a REAL FACT.

[@tigeri2336]

They(Indian soldiers) don't have enough anti tank mines on their disposal, so they planted their sand filled tiffins which somewhat looks like mines to confuse enemy and delay their advances?...

[@MithileshJha-tn3ks]

Jai Hind ❤

[@vedantpotdar1124]

Indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@harleythebrit6386]

The bravery of the Sikh has been proved again and again throughout history

[@MK-br3gl]

This has nothing to do with sikhs

[@jasbeersinghjasbeer3335]

Yepp true 💪💪

[@breakthrough12]

@@MK-br3gl When It comes to punjab And their regiment on that Time Then mostly It consists of Sikhs

[@vaibhavebhatnagar]

The Tanks are still there.

[@patriotenfield3276]

What happened to Your 2nd Channel the Brave ?

[@madeinheaven0_0]

I suggest the Battle of Chamkaur

[@DBatta]

I have a recommendation, please comment on it Kesari (2019 film), or rather about the conflict.