What was the third India-Pakistan war between China and Pakistan?

India almost wiped out Pakistan in the third India-Pakistan war. Later, China stated that if India crossed the border, China would consider sending troops, and the United States would also send aircraft carriers to participate in the war, so India did not destroy Pakistan.

The Third India-Pakistan War:

1, the third India-Pakistan war refers to the war between India and Pakistan on the partition of Kashmir during the period of1971-1217. When East Pakistan became independent from Pakistan and became Bangladesh, the war ended.

2,197111October 2 1, India took advantage of the turmoil in East Pakistan and its alliance with the Soviet Union to contain Pakistan's allies, the United States and China, and launched a large-scale surprise attack on Bangladesh, successfully occupying the region and fostering an autonomous government.

India, Bangladesh and the international community generally believe that Pakistan's attack on1971KLOC-0/65438 on February 3rd was the beginning of this war.

During the war, Indian and Pakistani armies fought in the eastern and western battlefields. When the Pakistani army in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) surrendered in19711216, the war ended in essence, and Bangladesh became an independent country from Pakistan. In East Pakistan, about 90,000 Pakistani armed forces personnel, including paramilitaries, became prisoners of war.

5.197111October 2 1, India sent troops to East Pakistan for independence, and the third India-Pakistan war broke out. With the intervention of the United Nations, India and Pakistan reached a ceasefire on June 5438+097 1 day+February 17.