The Untold Story of Ladakh's Military Operations | Military Operations in Ladakh | Battle of Leh
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2024
- Explore the fascinating history of Ladakh's military operations in this in-depth video, shedding light on the untold story of the Battle of Leh in 1947-48. Learn about the strategic significance of the region and the heroic efforts of soldiers during this crucial period.
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Very well presented. To the point and conveys all the essentials. Very educative.
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Sheer quality!! Really happy that someone is presenting indian warfare with in depth details and nuances
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Major Hari Chand's name should be on the roads from Manali to Leh! Imagine how the troops must've rejoiced when hist Battalion appeared from behind.
Oh yes, for sure.
One can only imagine the relief and respite for the troops at Leh .. when everything was almost lost ..
Army HQ initially was not interested in ladakh and were focused on kashmir. It was major prithi chand and maj kushal chand who convinced srinagar to send 2 dogra with them and they crossed zoji la on foot in winters n set up lehdet, ladakh militia, which later became ladakh scouts. Also, Manali route was not untested, it was well known trade route which was used for centuries. My forefathers were traders who used this route for many centuries and some of their friends acted as guides in 48 as well as in 62 wars.
Thank you for sharing this. I wasn't aware that Maj Prithi and Kushal played such a crucial role in convincing HQ in Leh. The local militias they trained played a pivotal role in defending Leh.
@@IndianMilitaryHistoryAll 3 Majors, Major Prithi Chand, Major Kushal chand, Major hari chand got MVC for their actions. Major hari chand also fought in crucial chushul battle in 62 as well. Btw, picture shown in thumbnail is of Major Prithi Chand and not of Major Hari Chand.
@@himanshugautam3405 thank you for your correction. I'll make the change.
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Indian arm forces unmatched in their intelligence,valor and love to their motherland. With many wars with Pakistan and chaina thay battle harden. At the same time our enimies have not forgotten the wounds and pains. Modren technology and millitary hardware is the basis of dominance in today's war but thae currage, commitment and intelligence has no replacement. Jai Hind and Jai Bharath ❤❤❤
Well prepared.we don't know this. And well dedication. Well known the importance. We proud of you.
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30:11 Had Nehru not begged the UN for a ceasefire, we would have had entire J&K today.
Since 1982 , about FORTY THOUSAND uniformed security personnel have lost life fightining insurgency.
Imagine if we had entire Kashmir , a bottoless pit in terms of spending of huge- huge resources in money and manpower in keeping it .
Six lakhs army and Central Police Forces are performing internal security duties in J&K , as a result we do not have real upper hand against Pakistan.
@@CadetRaaj well said
That is a statement of fact
In later stages of war, there was a stalemate n neither side was able to gain much ground so it made sense to go for ceasefire. We should stop blaming nehru for every thing n move ahead n find a solution.
@@himanshugautam3405 not blaming Nehru here for sure. The country was in turmoil, the Kashmir war was one of the many problems he was tackling.
End of 1948, the war was not at a stalemate. India had taken away all the advantages the Pakistan planners had - may it be in Poonch, or Leh, Kargil, Dras etc.
This was the time when India after consolidating its positions was in a position to go in the offensive in Spring of 1949.
Pourd of our Indian army jaihind
Jai Hind
PROUD .
much appreciated and thank you - for your great service in enlightening us about our military's past valiant achievements !!
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history needs to be told , hardly anyone knows about heroes of Zojila.
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Yes. Very few know about the immense scale and importance of the war ..
@@IndianMilitaryHistory and excellent examples of wars are won by supplies and strategy, not only by Ghatak tukdi .I feel enough glory is not shared by people managing supplies and making strategy.
Bro I haven’t seen any video on UA-cam discussing Indian wars in such depth.Great work👏🏻.
Please continue Kargil series & why don’t you make such videos over historical wars like Haldighati, Panipat etc.
NO. I hope you'll do the fighting on the Poonch sector in detail. I haven't read a single good multi-source account.
Very good presentation. Thank you for making me proud.
Our pleasure!
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Do you have any presentation on the Indian army operation in the Bangladesh war? Most presentations I've seen are for the Western theatre.🙏🇮🇳
At that time, Indian Generals - under General Cariappa and General Thimmaiya, wanted 10 more days of delay by more arguments in UN so that they can put the Pakistan back to their barracks and win over the entire J&K. That did not just happen.
Excellent video.
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I wish Indian army could have taken Skardu back before ceasefire.
I think it could have been achieved if enough time was given. We had just gotten to the point where our numbers and resources were in our favour. I think the ceasefire was a mistake. Guess Nehru had a very naive utopian view of the UNSC.
I will be reading this book called the great game. Basically Britain wanted to ensure Soviet Union didn't have access to the Indian subcontinent, and hence the region of Gilgit Baltistan had to remain in a more pliable Pakistan.
Nehru stopped the army.They only needed 2 more days to reach their goals.
@@garysinghsahota2908 that's not true. The operations were stopped because the winters had set in and it'd have been very challenging to go ahead in the harsh weather . Plans were laid out for a spring offensive to resume operations
@@IndianMilitaryHistory thank you for the correction so why the planned Spring offensive didn’t take place
@@garysinghsahota2908 UN brokered ceasefire was declared in Jan 1949.
There's a component of the great game here. The British wanted to ensure the Soviets didn't have access to India and through India - the Indian ocean. So they wanted to keep a more pliable Pakistan in control of Gilgit Baltistan. So there may have been a component of soft power used by Britain to achieve a ceasefire at those line of control
Well when pak troop reach a place called kalete a bridge on indus river was destroyed by a officer .called major kusshal chand and only one pa giving crovering firing and thus it took couple of days for crossing the destroyed which gave enough time to lndian troops on force march of sikh and gurkhas to reach leh from manali side as their was only few troops defending ladakh as govt was busy defending kashmir major kusshal chand was decorated for his bravery MVC and was given the honour of saviour of ladakh and l am very proud to call him my papa
Great to know you
Are you from HP
Jai gorkha❤❤❤ jai hind👍👍👍
Jai Hind .. Gurkha - ferocious fighters
This is great channel, hope for more videos
The grim reality of the 1947-48 War is testament to Swatantraveer Savarkar's political and civilizational acumen; had he not convinced the Hindu masses to join the British Indian Army, today the borders would have been much more South since, before WW2 most of the British Indian Army consisted of Momins (most of whom fought for Pakistan in this war). Also, thanks for your brilliant coverage: absolutely love your channel.
That's an interesting perspective, thank you for bringing this up. I'll read up more on this
@@IndianMilitaryHistory Glad to know that you're willing to read on narratives, which only recently, have come inside Bharat's overtone window.
This is a completely false observation. The entire British Indian Army was 400,000 in 1947, and the forces were divided by the choice of the soldiers (typically by religion) to join either the Dominion of Pakistan or the Dominion of India. There was a shrinkage of personnel, from the total of 400,000 to around 250,000 to 270,000 for the 'Indian Army', and the balance, 130,000 to 150,000, to the Pakistan Army. However, very prominent Muslim officers, Enaith Habibullah, for instance, who later became Commandant of the NDA, and was seconded to be Deputy GOC of the Malayan Army (as it then was), another, Maj. Gen. Hasnain, the father of Lt Gen. Ata Hasnain, a Major General by the time he retired, and the martyred Brigadier Usman, all stayed with the Indian Army, as did very large numbers of Muslim officers and men.
Four of the Gorkha Regiments opted for the British Army, but six decided to stay back with the former British Indian Army, now the Indian Army, one more was raised as the 11th GR, and there was no other accretion of Hindu masses inspired by the petition-seeking Savarkar whatsoever. There was also no further recruitment, as the government policy in India was not favourable to an increase of numbers.
So this entire fiction of the Hindu masses flocking to join is entirely concocted.
It is a shame that the Indian Army is being sought to be tainted with communal colour by such utterly irresponsible comments.
@@indrajitgupta3280 well said. That's correct, a large number of Muslim officers stayed with India armed forces.
@@IndianMilitaryHistory I ws distracted. I wanted to say how much I liked your presentation. I wish I'd done it. Brilliant. You got every last wrinkle. Once I cool down, I'm planning to re-visit it and watch it slowly, savouring it.
There were so many side-shows - the siege of Skardu and its surrender, and how Thapa (a States Forces officer, btw) was spared because he was a hockey player whom the top British generals liked, and the rest were killed in cold blood; the assault on Zoji La with Honey tanks; the original mutiny led by Major Alexander Brown in Gilgit; the ambush on the States Forces coming in to support the Wazir of Gilgit....stirring times.
Amazing reporting thnx ~~
Thank you too!
They use Stuart Light Tanks
Excellent research and presentation, as always. One request: pls try to use the King's English i.e. the English that is taught in our best schools and also used in our military. Therefore, 'route' should be root (not rowte), 'lieutenant' should be leftenant (not the U.S. "lewtenant"). Else the Americanisms are jarring to the educated Indian ear.
Fair point. Thank you for pointing that out.
@@IndianMilitaryHistoryThank you for your gracious response.
What happened to indian army at skardu . Were there any POW s
Most of them were unfortunately killed after they surrendered. The officers were taken into custody. Col Thapa was released later on
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Thank you
Nice presentation. To add with this, when after so many martyrdom with terrible hardship at extreme mountainous region, while our valiant army was successfully pushing back those foreign invaders, it was our top political leadership who went to UN seeking for their mediation over wrong subject "disputed territory"! What disputed ! Maharaja Hari Singh, the king of Kashmir have acceded to India following the international law as the other princely states were acceded to India during the Independence.
The victorious forces never went for mediation until the invaders are not completely out of our country which is entire Jammu & Kashmir, Gilgit & Baltistan, entire Ladakh or any other places within the kingdom of Maharaja Hari Singh was & is Indian territory by International law as the two country signed the instrument of accession during 1947. But our premier did unilaterally! Result is cease fire imposed on victorious army who was very near to complete victory!! That cease fire line is to day's LOC. We lost gifted one third of J & K with G B to the newly formed invading country!
Yes, that was a strange decision. When you have an upper hand, you go to the negotiation table after you have realized those gains
how did you create the animations?
This is using Moho .. but there are much better tools out there now .. like after effects etc
@@IndianMilitaryHistorythank you for the answer
a correction ... 3.7 inches not mm
Yes .. this was a stupid mistake by me ☺️
3.7 inch howitzers, not 3.7 mm.
I know. Made an error there. Thank you for sharing this
Losing terriotory of gilgistan and pok was becauee of stupid nehru who was arrogant and in lala land. He is the cause of ill will to bharath along with gandhi
He was not arrogant, the situation at the time was different. We have to take into account the situation at the time. Making a generalized statement about certain political leaders would not be fair.
Correction: 3.7mm? or 3.7 inches? I doubt 3.7 mm gun can cause any significant damage. lol
I know. It was a dumb mistake. Too late to change it now .. thank you for calling it out
@@IndianMilitaryHistory guess you can add a sticker on the video.
@@martianpolarbeer good point .. we will do that
How stupid of them to get the map wrong 😂
What map is wrong?