March 5 – Bangladesh Genocide Archive https://www.genocidebangladesh.org An online archive of chronology of events, documentations, audio, video, images, media reports and eyewitness accounts of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh in the hands of Pakistan army. Fri, 05 Mar 1971 22:21:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 95479874 March 5, 1971: 300 killed in army actions on protesters https://www.genocidebangladesh.org/march-5-1971-300-killed-in-army-actions-on-protesters/ https://www.genocidebangladesh.org/march-5-1971-300-killed-in-army-actions-on-protesters/#respond Fri, 05 Mar 1971 22:21:19 +0000 https://www.genocidebangladesh.org/?p=97 Three hundred people killed in army action against Awami League volunteers and supporters.

Yahya Khan was clear in his mind about what he should do. The strategy would be to provide the necessary force, buy time for the preparations and strike hard at the appropriate moment. Encouragement also came from Tikka Khan,- ‘Give me enough force and I will crush them in 48 hours’. Accordingly, Yahya Khan ordered the massive airlift to begin.

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