karan.1970
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Twice the losses, downed planes and helo and months of efforts from 30k strong army + 10 squadrons of airforce with NO military achievement over roughly 4k fighters, who had no support from Pakistan Army or PAF, until Pakistan withdrew is considered strategic victory while Pakistan still holds the most important point 5353?
Gives a whole new meaning to the word 'Strategic Victory'. Fact is, all you got was diplomatic victory, as always.
ever wondered how India was able to get Pakistanis militants evicted from the Kargil heights (militarily and/or diplomatically) within a few months and why Pakistan despite crying a river for last 28 years and having attempted multiple tiimes in late 80's has not managed to gain an inch of what India captured in 1984 in Siachen. ? That is called a strategic victory.. You guys are too stuck in the jingoistic mind set of martial race.. You dont care whether you meet your pre planned objectives or not as long as some military pride is salvagable... No wonder Pakistan finds itself in the predicament it does today..
We occupy key positions that can close indian national highway, we hurt indian units very badly - loses of of up to 70% both KIA and wounded, again feel sorry for the young indian soldiers that died in agony, from being wounded, my abiding memories of that conflict.
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Leaving most of the crap posted here on this thread..
The war is simple to sum up..
In the first few weeks of the war .. due to surprise.. Pakistan held high ground overlooking IA supply lines.
And was able to wreak havoc on a jugular of the IA's Kashmir ops.
However.. like all misadventures before it.. the PA under Musharraf only thought of the first few weeks.. and not what would happen when the giant woke up..
the result was that the infiltrators and regular troops took a pounding by the IAF..
They were still kept supplied so they could have held out(only JUST..but casualty figures before the withdrawal were below what was expected..testament of PA medevac pilots).. but the Indian leadership clearly told ours that the war would not stay in Kargil for long..that the LOC would be breached and an all out exchange was possible. This shook up the PA command as they(as usual) had not planned for things not going according to plan.. and Nawaz Sharif was told by a nervous Musharraf to go and ask the US to intervene.
When the US simply said that the PA must
withdraw back to its previous positions Musharaaf complied.. but since there was no cease fire... so when the IA took those peaks back.. they had the higher ground..
and literally mowed down our retreating troops.(of the approx 4500 lost by PA.. 2/3rds were during the retreat).
Men and equipment had to be left behind..
And the Zee Tv propaganda machine did the rest