All this information I collected from Major General K.M. Safiullah Bir Uttam Psc.
With back to the wall
During initial days of liberation war, vital information of the enemy was not available to us. What little we had, was of no military consequence. News that massive movement of enemy troops and ammunitions of war was in progress since the commencement of non-cooperation movement could help us little. It was merely a vague information and not military intelligence, without which no tactical appreciation was possible, not to speak of a tactical battle. This was one-reason why initially liberation war did not take a co-ordinate shape.
By the second week of April 71 we started getting fairly accurate enemy intelligence, their disposition and movements, through our agents and through those who defected from the Pakistan army.
Eastern Command, in addition to Corps troops, had 14 Division with its full complements of armor and artillery. 57 Brigade, located in Dhaka, was initially allotted the task of clearing Dhaka. It was assisted by a squadron of tanks. In achieving its mission this brigade unleashed itself in the rape of Dhaka.
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