![]() The Armoured element was under command of Brigadier Thomas K. Two Armoured Regiments were a part of 2 Independent Armoured Brigade whose one regiment was deployed in some other sector the third Armoured Regiment was integral to 4 Infantry Division. ![]() On September 10, 1965, the Indian Army launched its riposte upon the advancing Pakistan tank columns with troops of 4 Mountain Division under Major General Gurbaksh Singh and a brigade level strength of three Armoured Regiments. It out-flanked the Indian township of Khem Karan, located about five kms from the International border with Pakistan and moved north into the India plains. ![]() The Pakistani 1 Armoured Division, with its brand new and state- of-the-art M-47 and M-48 (Patton) tanks and supported by 11 Infantry Division thrust into India. The battle started with an offensive maneuver of the Pakistan army. The main among these were the Battle of Asal Uttar, Battle of Phillora, Battle of Burki and Battle of ChawindaĪmong the foregoing, the Battle of Asal Uttar fought in the Khem Karan sector of Punjab from 8 September to 10 September, 1965, is regarded as the war winning engagement for the Indian Army and the Indian nation. The seventeen day war began with infiltration of mercenaries by Pakistan into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir under a covert operation code named “Gibraltar.” The action led to a full scale war fought that spilled over to the plains and witnessed the most intense tank battles fought in the world after World War II. Flush with the acquisition of sophisticated military hardware from the United States of America, Pakistan, under the military dictatorship of General Ayub Khan (who styled himself as president of the country) launched a misadventure against India that culminated into a full-fledged war known in history as the Indo-Pakistan War-1965.
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