Towards evening, the attack of the French slackened in its fury. They had other foes besides the British to engage, or were preparing for a final onset.
Friday morning, local time — more than 35 hours after the initial attacks — Indian commandos launched an all-out push to seize the Jewish center, where gunmen still held hostages.
N. Dixit believed that Nehru made a grievous error of judgment in ordering an all-out general offensive when it should have been selective, gradual and area-specific.
N. Dixit believed that Nehru made a grievous error of judgment in ordering an all-out general offensive when it should have been selective, gradual and area-specific.