Lesson 5/64 min

Sectors & Forces

1. 1

   To run the war, the whole of Bangladesh was divided into 11 sectors.

2. 2

   Sector 10 was the naval commando sector and had no fixed sector commander.

3. 3

   Three brigade forces were formed: ‘Z Force’ (Ziaur Rahman), ‘K Force’ (Khaled Mosharraf) and ‘S Force’ (K. M. Shafiullah).

4. 4

   Seven people were awarded the highest military honour, ‘Bir Sreshtho’, for exceptional bravery.

5. 5

   21 November 1971, the day of the joint attack by the Bangladesh army, navy and air force, is observed as ‘Armed Forces Day’.