On the night of 4 to 5 December 1971, in the Indo-Pakistani War, a Pakistani tank and infantry column surrounded the Indian post at Longewala in the Rajasthan desert, held by A Company of 23 Punjab under Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri. The company held on, and from first light Indian Hunter jets from Jaisalmer destroyed the tanks.1
Battle of Longewala, 1971: one desert post, two stories
4 to 7 December 1971 · 54 years ago
On the night of 4 to 5 December a Pakistani armored column surrounded the Indian post at Longewala in the Thar desert, held by about 120 men of 23 Punjab. It failed to storm the post, Indian Hunter jets from Jaisalmer destroyed many of its tanks, and by 6 December the thrust had collapsed.
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4 December 1942 · 83 years ago
The 2nd Marine Raider Battalion under Evans Carlson hunted Japanese troops under Toshinari Shōji who had escaped encirclement near Koli Point on Guadalcanal. In a month of small clashes the Raiders killed almost 500 Japanese for 16 dead and seized a gun shelling Henderson Field.
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