Operation Gibraltar E book - Notes

Step into 1965 – when Pakistan launched one of its boldest yet most disastrous gambles in Kashmir: Operation Gibraltar.

These meticulously prepared notes take you behind the scenes of this high-risk infiltration plan – from Bhutto’s fiery push and Ayub Khan’s cautious diplomacy, to Maj Gen Akhtar Malik’s daring blueprint of ten infiltrating “forces” named after warriors like Salahuddin, Tariq, and Ghaznavi.

Inside, you’ll discover:

• How Pakistan believed India was “weak” after 1962 and Shastri was “soft.”

• The secret training of infiltrators by Pakistan’s U.S.-trained Special Services Group (SSG).

• The Grand Plan: infiltrate in August 1965, ignite an uprising during festivals, seize Srinagar’s radio station and airport, and declare a “Revolutionary Council.”

• Why the plan depended entirely on Kashmiri support—and why that assumption failed disastrously.

• A soldier’s breakdown of the difference between invasion vs infiltration, and how theory collapsed against reality.