Operation Five power stations

Operation Five Power Stations
	Part of Bangladesh Liberation War
	; Map showing Bangladesh Liberation War Sectors
Location	Dhaka,Bangladesh, then East Pakistan
Result	Sustained Mukti Bahini offensive against Pakistani forces ;
Territorial; changes	Creation of Bangladesh
Belligerents
Bangladesh	Pakistan
Commanders and leaders
Major Khaled Mosarrof Major ATM Hyder ; Crack Platoon	Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi;
Strength
Mukti Bahini , ; Commandos of Crack Platoon	Pakistan Army:; 14th Infantry Division; 9th Infantry Division; 16th Infantry Division; 39th Ad hoc Infantry Division; 36th Ad Hoc Infantry Division; 97th Independent Infantry Brigade; 40th Army Logistic Brigade; 4th Army Aviation Squadron; Special Service Group; Pakistan Navy; Pakistan Marine Corps; Pakistan Air Force Paramilitary Forces:; East Pakistan Civil Armed Force HQ wings

Formation and deployment of Crack Platoon[edit]

In June 1971, World Bank sent a mission to observe the situation in East Pakistan. The media cell of Pakistan government was circulating a news that situation in East Pakistan was stable and normal. Khaled Mosharraf, a sector commander of Mukti Bahini, planned to deploy a special commando team. The task assigned to the team was to carry out commando operations and to terrorise Dhaka. The major objective of this team was to prove that the situation was not normal actually. Moreover, Pakistan. at that time, was expecting economic aid from World Bank, which was assumed to be spent to buy arms. The plan was to make World Bank Mission understand the true situation of East Pakistan and stop sanctioning the aid.^[2] Khaled along with A.T.M Haider, another sector commander formed the Crack Platoon. Initially, number of commandos in the platoon was 17. Those commandos were receiving training in Melaghar Camp at that time.^[3] From Melaghar, commandos of Crack Platoon headed for Dhaka on 4 June 1971 and launched guerrilla operation on 5 June.^[2] Later, number of commandos was increased, the platoon was split and deployed in different areas surrounding Dhaka city.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ Jacob, Lt. Gen. J. F. R., Surrender At Dacca: The 1395-8}}
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Mosharraf, Khaled (2013). মুক্তিযুদ্ধে ২ নম্বর সেক্টর এবং কে ফোর্স (in Bengali). Prathamā prakāśana. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-984-90253-2-0. Search this book on
↑ Islam, Zahirul (2013). মুক্তিযুদ্ধে মেজর হায়দার ও তার বিয়োগান্ত বিদায় (in Bengali). Prathamā prakāśana. p. 77. ISBN 978-984-90253-1-3. Search this book on
↑ Islam, Zahirul (2013). মুক্তিযুদ্ধে মেজর হায়দার ও তার বিয়োগান্ত বিদায় (in Bengali). Prathamā prakāśana. p. 78. ISBN 978-984-90253-1-3. Search this book on

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[1] Jacob, Lt. Gen. J. F. R., Surrender At Dacca: The 1395-8}}

[Mosharraf-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Mosharraf, Khaled (2013). মুক্তিযুদ্ধে ২ নম্বর সেক্টর এবং কে ফোর্স (in Bengali). Prathamā prakāśana. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-984-90253-2-0. Search this book on

[3] Islam, Zahirul (2013). মুক্তিযুদ্ধে মেজর হায়দার ও তার বিয়োগান্ত বিদায় (in Bengali). Prathamā prakāśana. p. 77. ISBN 978-984-90253-1-3. Search this book on

[4] Islam, Zahirul (2013). মুক্তিযুদ্ধে মেজর হায়দার ও তার বিয়োগান্ত বিদায় (in Bengali). Prathamā prakāśana. p. 78. ISBN 978-984-90253-1-3. Search this book on

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Operation Five power stations

Formation and deployment of Crack Platoon[edit]

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