Thread on the 1965 SSG drop that has subsequently become a quite the meme
TL;DR:
SSG commandos were dropped into Punjab & attempted to capture airfields. Was a hilarious failure with groups of civilians, NCC cadets & support staff capturing & destroying most of the "elite" units
Contrary to the present, the Pakistani Army in the recent past had quite a few competent officers. Two of them (possibly) the best in the Army would play a role in the creation of the SSG.
One of them was the "father" of the SSG; Maj Gen AO Mitha, who instrumental in creating a special force that had 'teeth'.
For twenty years, you have constantly been by my side on the road to honour and glory. You have always behaved with courage and fidelity. Again in these last days, you have given me proof of this.
In your hands, our cause would not have been lost. For three years I could have waged a civil war; but France would only have been more unhappy, there would have been no definitive outcome.
"Great part of the information obtained in War is contradictory, a still greater part is false, and by far the greatest part is of a doubtful character.
What is required of an officer is a certain power of discrimination, which only knowledge of men and things and good judgment can give.
"If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand;
but the disadvantages of this position must naturally not be of a transitory nature, at least in appearance, otherwise the enemy, instead of yielding, will hold out, in the prospect of a change for the better.
Every change in this position which is produced by a continuation of the War should therefore be a change for the worse. The worst condition in which a belligerent can be placed is that of being completely disarmed.