Know your enemy! Nato vs Warsaw Pact

Know your enemy! Nato vs Warsaw Pact

Friday 2 August 2019

Indian invasion of Portuguese Goa 1961 Operation Vijay

Part of India's reconquest of territory from Eurpoeans.
The information from this incident comes from several different sources, namely the Osprey book on Modern African Wars Angola and Mozambique.
As noted with other actions in the era, the equipment of both armies is rather unique.
India had begun to acquire some new weapons in tanks, but for the most part, their forces would be little different from their father's or uncle's appearence 20 years earlier.

The Portuguese likewise would also be sporting Second World War kit having been neutral then and getting military assistance from America during the inception of NATO.
Portuguese units
4 motor recce squadrons
8 rifle companies cacdores
2 artillery batteries

India:
50th Para Brigade
2nd Para Maratha
1st Para Punjab
2nd Sikh Light Infantry
7th Cavalry (Shermans)

Actions around Fort Aguada can be recreated as well as Verna where a 500 man Portuguese force was

63rd Indian Infantry Brigade:
2nd Bihar Battalion
3rd Sikh Battalion
4th Sikh Infantry
4th Rajput




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