Operation X by Captain M.N.R. Samant in hardcover

• Author : Captain M.N.R. Samant 
  
• SKU : BK0419511
  
• Language : English
  
• Binding : Hardcover
  
• Fulfillment by : Eachdaykart Global

Product Description

The covert maritime warfare unit, Naval Commando Operations (X) (NCO[X]), was established in April of 1971 by the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Intelligence. This top-secret unit, comprised of Indian naval officers, divers, and former Pakistani submariners, was tasked with disrupting the maritime commerce lines that supplied the Pakistan Army in its eastern province. Over the course of several months, NCO(X) and its naval wing utilized guerilla tactics such as mining shipping channels and harassing incoming ships, resulting in the sinking and disabling of over 100,000 tonnes of shipping. Their contribution to India's victory in the December 1971 Indo-Pak war was unprecedented and revealed for the first time in this informative and objective account by industry expert, Captain M.N.R. Samant, in paperback.xplosive authentic account - co-authored by a key NCO(X) member - of the guerrilla operation that went for the maritime jugular of Pakistan, and facilitated the birth of Bangladesh.