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.

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Operation Gibraltar canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
assessedAs strategic miscalculation by Pakistan in many historical analyses ⓘ
belligerent Pakistan ⓘ
codeNameOrigin named after the historical Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula via Gibraltar ⓘ
commandedBy Major General Akhtar Hussain Malik ⓘ
conflict Kashmir conflict ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
militaryBranch Pakistan Army ⓘ
objective capture key installations in Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
encourage local Kashmiri population to rise against Indian rule ⓘ
opposedBy India ⓘ
partOf Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ
plannedBy Pakistan Army ⓘ
Pakistani military leadership ⓘ
precededBy covert support to Kashmiri separatist elements ⓘ
relatedEvent Tashkent Declaration ⓘ
relatedTo Operation Grand Slam ⓘ
result failure ⓘ
startTime 1965 ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
temporalContext Cold War era ⓘ
theater Ceasefire Line in Jammu and Kashmir (pre-1972 Line of Control) ⓘ
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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Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 → majorOperation → Operation Gibraltar ⓘ
Operation Grand Slam → precededBy → Operation Gibraltar ⓘ
Operation Grand Slam → relatedTo → Operation Gibraltar ⓘ