Battle of Chawinda

Battle of Chawinda
Part of the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965

Sculpture showing the Indo-Pakistani War
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Degh river
Degh
Samba
Samba
Samba
Jammu
Jammu
Jammu
Akhnur
Akhnur
Akhnur
Chawinda
Chawinda
Gujranwala
Gujranwala
Gujranwala
Wazirabad
Wazirabad
Wazirabad
Sialkot
Sialkot
Sialkot
Ravi river
Ravi river
Marala-Ravi Link Canal
MRL
Marala-Ravi Link Canal
MRL
Marala Headworks
Marala Headworks
Marala Headworks
Chawinda and surroundings
Date14 September 1965,
18–19 September 1965
(1 day)[1][2][3][4][5]
Location32°23′03″N 74°43′30″E / 32.38417°N 74.72500°E / 32.38417; 74.72500
Result Inconclusive[6]
Belligerents
 Pakistan  India
Commanders and leaders
Units involved
Pakistan's I Corps
Cavalry units:
India's I Corps
Cavalry units:[7][8]
Strength
  • 30,000–50,000 infantry
  • 132 tanks (plus reinforcements)[9]
  • 80,000–150,000 infantry
  • 260 tanks[10]
Casualties and losses
  • Tank losses:
    • Neutral claims: 60[11]
    • Indian claims: 155[12]
      (144 put out, 11 captured)
    • Pakistani claims: 44[13]
  • Tank losses:
    • Neutral claims: 100[11]
    • Indian claims: 70[12]
      (29 destroyed, 41 damaged)
    • Pakistani claims: 120[13]
Chawinda is located in Pakistan
Chawinda
Chawinda

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]

The initial clashes in Chawinda coincided with the Battle of Phillora, and the fighting here intensified once the Pakistani forces at Phillora retreated. The battle came to an end shortly before the United Nations Security Council mandated an immediate ceasefire, which would formally end the hostilities of the 1965 war.[15][16]

  1. ^ Jogindar Singh (1993). Behind the Scene: An Analysis of India's Military Operations, 1947–1971. Lancer Publishers. pp. 217–219. ISBN 1-897829-20-5. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ^ Chakravorty 1992a.
  3. ^ Abrar Hussain (2005). Men of Steel: 6 Armored Division in the 1965 War. Army Education Publishing House. pp. 36–52. ISBN 969-8125-19-1.
  4. ^ Nawaz 2008, pp. 227–230.
  5. ^ Krishna Rao 1991.
  6. ^ Sources assessing stalemate:
  7. ^ Zaloga 1980, p. 19.
  8. ^ Barua 2005, p. 191
  9. ^ Philip, Snehesh Alex (12 August 2019). "How Pakistani Lt Col Nisar Ahmed won over Indian peers after stalling their advance in 1965". ThePrint. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  10. ^ Amin, Major A.H. "Battle of Chawinda Comedy of Higher Command Errors". Military historian. Defence journal(pakistan). Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  11. ^ a b Clodfelter, Micheal (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015 (4th ed.). McFarland. p. 600. ISBN 978-1476625850.
  12. ^ a b Chakravorty 1992a, p. 221.
  13. ^ a b Zaloga 1980, p. 35.
  14. ^ Michael E. Haskew (2015). Tank: 100 Years of the World's Most Important Armored Military Vehicle. Voyageur Press. pp. 201–. ISBN 978-0-7603-4963-2.
  15. ^ Pradhan 2007.
  16. ^ "Indo-Pakistan War of 1965". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2 June 2012.


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