Original: Sarmila Bose Anatomy of Violence: Analysis of Civil War in East Pakistan in 1971: Military Action: Operation Searchlight Economic and Political Weekly Special Articles, October 8, 2005 Ordered by the government in West Pakistan, this was seen as the sequel to "Operation Blitz" which had been launched in November 1970.
Simplified: Ordered by the government in West Pakistan, this was seen as the sequel to Operation Blitz which had been launched in November 1970.