Battle of Chawinda
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The Battle of Chawinda was a tank battle, fought as part of the Sialkot Campaign in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. The battle saw huge casualties on both sides, though Pakistan managed to resist the Indian thrust.The Pakistani Armour though superior to the their adverseries was out numbered, the official estimates put the order of battle at 150 Pakistani tanks against 250 Indian tanks . The battle was fought with intensity and courage on both sides , at one point it seemed inevitable that Indians would breach through the defenses and besiege the city of Sialkot , however Pakistani tank forces and especially 25 cavalry thwarted the Indian efforts and Indian forces were forced to retreat .Both sides suffered heavy equipment and human losses.
[edit] Hero of Pakistan army General Abdul Ali Malik.
It was the most crucial battle of the whole war, where Indian tanks battled with Pakistan tanks. Gen Abdul Ali gave no quarter to the enemy, the tenacity and the bravery and superior skill in deployment of his tanks triumphed. Indian tanks fell back.
According to some reports, two thousands tanks on either side took part in it.
Battle of Chawinda is considered as the greatest tank battle after the battle of El Alameen fought by Field Marshal Montgomery with Field Marshal Rommel.
This battle captured such a wide attention in Pakistan that Majlis Ulema Islam in book "Maa'rika Haq-o-ba'til" (the Battle of truth and falsehood), it carried an urdu couplet:
When Abdul Ali was commanding the Ghazis, it appeared as if Abdul Ali was raging like a storm.
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