At this time, the soldiers and tanks of Indian army commenced a massive fire assault. The entire Pakistani cavalry of 200 plus tanks was now immobilized. The Indian army had already flooded the sugarcane fields with water that led the thick armored Pakistani Patton tanks to sink and get stuck into the mushy soil. Thinking that Indian troops had withdrawn, the Pakistani tanks got lured into the U-shaped area. The idea was to assault as many tanks as possible from all three sides. Instead of withdrawing, he rearranged his forces in a U-shaped formation around the town of Asal Uttar. Singh to either withdraw or defend his position. The Pakistani offensive outnumbered the Indian defensive by the number of soldiers and tanks. General Harbaksh Singh was commanding the Indian battalion that was to face this massive attack. On 8th September 1965, Pakistan army launched its first arm of offensive in the Khem Karan area of Punjab with over 220 Patton tanks ready to turn everything in that came their way to dust. The Indian army was still recovering from the loss it had suffered against China in 1962 and the military modernization was still underway. Pakistan’s motive, in a nutshell, was to defeat India in the worst way, inflicting as much collateral damage as possible.īacked by America, the Pakistani army back then, was armed with the world’s best Patton Tanks. The task was handed over to the ‘1st Armoured Division’ aka the ‘Pride Of Pakistan’. This was the Battle Of Asal Uttar or ‘The Real Answer’.Īt the peak of the war of 1965, Pakistan’s General Ayub Khan devised a strategy to capture Amritsar and block the supplies of the Indian Armed Forces stationed in Jammu & Kashmir. Although, what happened on the battlefield proved yet again that the bravery and courage of the Indian army soldiers is beyond measure. During the Indo-Pak War of 1965, a battle took place, which the Indian army had already lost, on paper.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |