campaign, notable, Cold War

Operation Gibraltar

Name: Operation Gibraltar
Location: Jammu and Kashmir, India

Operation Gibraltar was a campaign fought in 1965 at Jammu and Kashmir, in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Jammu and Kashmir. It was part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. The recorded result: Pakistani operational failure. Recorded strength: 100,000+ against 20,000 – 30,000.

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Fought1965

WhereJammu and Kashmir, India34.000N, 76.500E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePakistani operational failure

BelligerentsIndiaagainstPakistan

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofIndo-Pakistani War of 19651965

Where it sits in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

5 placed engagements of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1965 (year precision)
Place	Jammu and Kashmir, India 34.000N, 76.500E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War
Strength	100,000+	20,000 – 30,000
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri Zorawar Chand Bakhshi	Akhtar Hussain Malik

Placed at Jammu and Kashmir; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Shopian 1819, 157 km W
Operation Meghdoot 1984, 162 km N
Battle of Badgam 1947, 164 km W
Siege of Skardu 1947, 166 km NW
Battle of Chamb 1971, 234 km SW

In the same war

After: Battle of Burki 6 September 1965
All 5 engagements of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

Elsewhere in 1965

Operation Gibraltar is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 376 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2607169, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Gibraltar, revision 1370632718, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.