I can see that I am in the midst of knowledgeable military historians, so I have to be careful.
How about A A K Nizai, the Tiger ?
If you look at post 2, you will find your answer there. Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi is the same person as A. A. K. Niazi, also known as
Tiger Niazi.
☪☪☪☪;964715 said:
General Gul Hassan Khan was commissioned in 1942 and by then WW2 was over.He served in British Indian Army and later Pakistan Army from 1942 – 1972.
Where, dear Sir, did you get this gem from? The war ended in Germany in 44, in Japan in 45. If you read Gul Hassan's very readable memoirs, his service on the Burma Front is very clearly mentioned.
☪☪☪☪;964720 said:
Major General Muhammed Iftikhar Khan fought in WW2.He was given the position of Commander in Chief of Pakistan Army but he died in plane crash before he could take command.It was a very bad event in our history because he was an excellent officer much much better then Ayub Khan.If Iftikhar Khan had become CNC i doubt India would have Kashmir today and we would still have East Pakistan.He was much professional and brave like indian General Sam Manekshaw.
His brother later become Engineer in Chief of Pakistan Army Engineering Corps.
I agree with your appreciation of this general, who was excellently rated by his superiors. His tragic death must be counted as one of those strokes of inexplicable bad luck that surrounded the Pakistan Army; I can recount three others, really strange occurrences.
Your forecast of what might have happened is something else again; the Pakistan Army didn't move officially at first because Gracey objected, and Iftikhar Khan could have done nothing about it without flatly disobeying orders. That school of soldier would have died before doing such a thing. Note that he was alive at the time of Kashmir; he died later, in 1949, and Ayub became C-in-C later.
Your forecast about East Pakistan is baffling. Ayub got extension after extension because of his proximity to Iskandar Mirza, and would have retired long before. Therefore Iftikhar Khan would have retired even earlier, well before 63/64. How did you think of Bangladesh (eight years later than his last possible date of service) in connection with him?
Gen Tikka Khan was a Major in 1947 so he must have fought in WW II.
He did. He fought on the western front. He was the last Pakistani COAS to fight in WWII, except his successor, General Zia ul-Haq. General Asif Nawaz, a very fine soldier, in my humble opinion, one of the three best Pakistani Chiefs, was the first Chief not to have seen WWII.
Could I also draw the atention of readers to that fine officer and gentleman, Lt. General Sahabzada Yaqub Khan? He, too, served in WWII, on the western front, in the desert, and had a distinguished career thereafter, and then resigned and put in a brilliant second innings as a diplomat at a time when Pakistan needed diplomats more than soldiers. A great man.
Sincerely,
