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Major General Rajinder Singh Sparrow MVC, GOC 1st Armoured Division, leans on a captured Pakistani Patton tank in this rare color photograph, after the Battle of Assal Uttar (True Answer). It is here where Pakistan's 1st Armoured Division, consisting of American-supplied Patton tanks, suffered a humiliating defeat from the Indian Army.
These captured Pakistani paratroopers of the 19th Baluch Regiment were specially trained for commando duties and were assigned the task of destroying the Pathankot airfield. Many of the large number of paratroopers rounded up at various places in the country have confessed that their object was to destroy vital installations.
The Indian tricolour flies atop Barkee police station, as an Indian jawan stands guard.
The Taste of Defeat: The superiority of Pakistan's western aid armament did not match the skill and valour of the Indian jawans. In this image the bodies of Pak Army soldiers lie in front of a captured Pakistani Sherman tank.
The Pakistan Army's elite 1 Armoured Corps met its Waterloo in the Battle of Assal Uttar as they lost nearly 100 tanks, many of them being brand new M-48 Pattons. Bhikiwind was used as a temporary tank cemetery to house some 60 captured & destroyed M-48 Pattons, M-24 Chafees and M4 Shermans. The cemetery stood as a standing memorial to Pakistan's humiliating defeat in the battle of Assal Uttar.
Lieutenant General Harbakhsh Singh (middle) standing under the Victory Gate erected to commemorate the defeat of the Pakistan Army. A poster at right reads, 'Thanks to the Indian Army - Our Saviour.'
Valiant soldiers of 6 Dogra flying the Tricolour after capturing the Gitian feature at Hajipir Pass.
ndian troops raise the Indian tricolour atop Hajipir Pass, on 28 August 1965.
These captured Pakistani paratroopers of the 19th Baluch Regiment were specially trained for commando duties and were assigned the task of destroying the Pathankot airfield. Many of the large number of paratroopers rounded up at various places in the country have confessed that their object was to destroy vital installations.
The Indian tricolour flies atop Barkee police station, as an Indian jawan stands guard.
The Taste of Defeat: The superiority of Pakistan's western aid armament did not match the skill and valour of the Indian jawans. In this image the bodies of Pak Army soldiers lie in front of a captured Pakistani Sherman tank.
The Pakistan Army's elite 1 Armoured Corps met its Waterloo in the Battle of Assal Uttar as they lost nearly 100 tanks, many of them being brand new M-48 Pattons. Bhikiwind was used as a temporary tank cemetery to house some 60 captured & destroyed M-48 Pattons, M-24 Chafees and M4 Shermans. The cemetery stood as a standing memorial to Pakistan's humiliating defeat in the battle of Assal Uttar.
Lieutenant General Harbakhsh Singh (middle) standing under the Victory Gate erected to commemorate the defeat of the Pakistan Army. A poster at right reads, 'Thanks to the Indian Army - Our Saviour.'
Valiant soldiers of 6 Dogra flying the Tricolour after capturing the Gitian feature at Hajipir Pass.
ndian troops raise the Indian tricolour atop Hajipir Pass, on 28 August 1965.
