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Sino-Indian War - 1962 Module - V
Major Wars Post
17.3.1 The Western Sector
Independence
India was facing a three front attack. The three fronts were Aksai Chin in Ladakh,
Thag La in Assam (now Arunachal Pradesh) and at Walong on the China-Burma
(Myanmar) - India border. India faced a critical shortage of troops, ammunition and
supplies. The winter clothing for High altitude areas was critically short of the requirement.
Above all there were no roads to move troops. The Chinese came in massive strength.
Note
They started building roads to support the attack. In the Western sector the attack
came at Daulat Beg Oldi, Chushul and Demchok. The Chinese captured areas which
they said belonged to them. A detailed map showing exact areas in Ladakh where the
battle took place is given in Map 17.3.
Map 17.3: Area of Operation in the Western Sector
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