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The Battle of Chawinda was a major engagement between Pakistan and India during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 as part of the Sialkot campaign. It is well known as being one of the largest tank battles in history since the Battle of Kursk, which was fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in World War II. [14]
They first engaged in the town of Phillora. Failure on the Pakistani side to cause damage to the Indian advance forced the 6th Armoured Division to retreat to the town of Chawinda on 11 September and the Battle of Phillora was an Indian success. [82] Pakistan lost 66 tanks in the battle while India only lost 6. [83] [84] [85]
Beginning in April 1965, India and Pakistan engaged in a series of skirmishes across the Line of Control (LOC). In August, Pakistan attempted mass infiltration into Kashmir in Operation Gibraltar . On 5 August, Pakistani soldiers crossed the LOC dressed as Kashmiri locals, heading for various areas within Kashmir. [ 11 ]
On 8 September the Indian attack came and thus began the Battle of Chawinda. Initially the division was surprised and outflanked by the Indians who chose an unexpected axis to attack. [ 3 ] Desperate holding actions by some individual units, famously, the 25th Cavalry (of the 15th Infantry Division ), would hamper the Indian advance.
Battle of Chawinda; D. Battle of Dograi; H. Battle of Haji Pir Pass (1965) I. Battle of Ichogil Bund; P. Battle of Phillora This page was last edited on 23 June ...
The unit also participated in the battle of Chawinda in the Sialkot sector in Pakistan. Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan during the 1965 War wrote the following tribute on the performance of 4 Corps Artillery: By all accounts the part played by the 4 Corps Artillery can only be termed as magnificent.
Abdul Ali Malik (1907–1993) was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army and an infantry officer in the Pakistan Army from Nineteenth Battalion of Punjab Regiment who earned distinction of leading the combat infantry formations to mechanized warfare in Chawinda during the second war with India in 1965, and later commanded the I Corps during the third war with India in 1971.
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