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On October 20, 1962, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched simultaneous offensives in the western sector (Ladakh) and across the McMahon Line in the eastern sector (Arunachal Pradesh). After a ...
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps RF-8A Crusaders played an important, often forgotten, high-speed low-level and dangerous recon role during a time the world was on the brink. On Oct. 14, 1962, United States ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Renata Keller, University of Nevada, Reno (THE CONVERSATION) Sixty-three years ago, ...
This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Renata Keller is an associate professor of history at the ...