The power imbalance between occupying Pakistani forces and the Bengali resistance in 1971 was overwhelmingly in Pakistan’s favour. On one side stood the Pakistan Army: a professional, highly disciplined military force, steeped in the British martial tradition, and equipped with modern American weaponry—Patton tanks, F-86 Sabre jets, and heavy artillery. They possessed a rigid chain … Continue reading The Mukti Bahini: How a Rag-Tag Guerrilla Force Helped Defeat a Professional Army