This war saw the largest amassing of troops in Kashmir since the Partition of India in 1947, a number that was overshadowed only during the 2001–2002 military standoff between India and Pakistan. Much of the war was fought by the countries' land forces in Kashmir and along the border between India and Pakistan. Hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared through UNSC Resolution 211 following a diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and the United States, and the subsequent issuance of the Tashkent Declaration. The seventeen-week war caused thousands of casualties on both sides and witnessed the largest engagement of armored vehicles and the largest tank battle since World War II. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule, It became the immediate cause of the war. The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, also known as the Second India–Pakistan War or the Second Kashmir War was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from April 1965 to September 1965. 1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown.Over 1,840 km 2 (710 mi 2) of territory lost (in Sindh, Lahore, Sialkot, and Kashmir sectors).

35 –59 aircraft lost In addition, Indian sources claim that there were 13 IAF aircraft lost in accidents, and 3 Indian civilian aircraft shot down.

540 km 2 (210 mi 2) of territory lost (primarily in Kashmir).

9 Infantry divisions (4 under-strength).

No permanent territorial changes (see Tashkent Declaration)Įffective strength on the West Pakistan Border.Line of Control, Working Boundary, Radcliffe Line, Sir Creek, and Zero-Point.

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