A documentary narrating the events leading up to and the conduct of the 1965 war. Here is a brief summary of the events described in the video\r
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Late 1950s - massive US arms aid to Pakistan to with Patton tanks, F-104 and F-86 fighters\r
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April 1965: Pakistan entered Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, India. Pakistan fighter conduct price sorties over Indian air bases\r
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August 1965: Pakistan launches Operation Gibratlar - armed infiltrators enter India to sabotage and incite rebellion in Kashmir. India captures infiltration routes.\r
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Sept 1st 1965: Pakistan launches Operation Grand Slam to invade Kashmir. India under intense pressure in Chhamb sector\r
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Sept 6th 1965: India opens other fronts, especially an attack towards Lahore to take pressure off Kashmir front. \r
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Sept 22nd- end of war\r
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The images are from a tattered old booklet I have preserved from 1965.