Operation Gibraltar
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Operation Gibraltar was a covert Pakistani military campaign in 1965 that involved infiltrating forces into Indian-administered Kashmir to incite insurgency and destabilize Indian control, helping trigger the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | military operation ⓘ |
| assessedAs | strategic miscalculation by Pakistan in many historical analyses ⓘ |
| belligerent | Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codeNameOrigin | named after the historical Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula via Gibraltar ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Major General Akhtar Hussain Malik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Kashmir conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
Indian military response in Jammu and Kashmir
ⓘ
escalation into full-scale Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ launch of Operation Grand Slam ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
cross-border infiltration
ⓘ
irregular warfare ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
destabilize Indian control over Jammu and Kashmir
ⓘ
incite insurgency in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ internationalize the Kashmir dispute ⓘ weaken Indian administration in Kashmir ⓘ |
| hasType | cross-border covert operation ⓘ |
| involves |
Kashmiri militants
ⓘ
Pakistani regular soldiers in civilian clothes ⓘ special forces units ⓘ |
| location |
Indian-administered Kashmir
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Pakistan Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective |
capture key installations in Jammu and Kashmir
ⓘ
encourage local Kashmiri population to rise against Indian rule ⓘ |
| opposedBy | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plannedBy |
Pakistan Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakistani military leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | covert support to Kashmiri separatist elements ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Tashkent Declaration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Operation Grand Slam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | failure ⓘ |
| startTime | 1965 ⓘ |
| status | completed ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Cold War era ⓘ |
| theater | Ceasefire Line in Jammu and Kashmir (pre-1972 Line of Control) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | August 1965 ⓘ |
| triggered |
Indian counter-infiltration operations
ⓘ
Indian offensive across the ceasefire line in Kashmir ⓘ |
| usesTactic |
guerrilla warfare
ⓘ
infiltration of armed personnel across the ceasefire line ⓘ sabotage operations ⓘ subversion and propaganda ⓘ |
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