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{{short description|Pakistani military operation in the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War}}
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| conflict          = Operation Grand Slam
| image             = File:Captured Indian AMX-13 Squadron (Chamb 1965).jpg
| caption           = Captured Indian AMX-13 tanks being used by Pakistani forces after the Battle of Chumb
| place             = [[Chumb]]−[[Jourian]]−[[Akhnoor]] sector, [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]{{efn|Chamb is now located in Pakistani-administered [[Azad Kashmir|Azad Jammu and Kashmir]] following Pakistan's seizure of the town in the [[Battle of Chamb]] in 1971; Jourian and Akhnoor remain under Indian control.}}
| partof            = the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
| date              = 1–6 September 1965<ref>{{Cite journal|last=GILLANI|first=M. A.|date=2013|title=Tawi to Chak Kirpal September 1965 War.|url=|journal=Defence Journal|volume=17| issue = 2|pages=64|via=EBSCO}}</ref>
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| map_caption       = Location of [[Akhnoor]] within [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] {{small|(present-day borders)}}
| coordinates       = {{coord|32.87|N|74.73|E|display=inline,title}}
| territory         = Pakistan captures 190 square miles (492 square kilometers) of territory
| result            = Aborted<br>
* Rapid progress made by Pakistan initially
* Operational failure, aborted after launch of Lahore Front<ref>{{harvp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=159}}: "Despite its bold objectives and initial success, Grand Slam failed in both its military and its political objectives. Militarily, Grand Slam was to result in the capture of the vital town of Akhnur which was a clear and stated objective of the operation, the only question mark being what troops of the 12 Division would do next...Politically, too, Grand Slam failed in its primary objective; the application of military force inside ICK had failed to convince either the Indian government or the international community that it was time for India to accept arbitration or a plebiscite in Kashmir to resolve the issue once and for all.'"</ref>
| combatant1        = {{flag|Pakistan}}
| combatant2        = {{flag|India}}
| strength1         = {{plainlist|
* 8 [[infantry]] battalions
* 6 [[tank]] squadrons
* 18 [[artillery]] batteries
}}
| strength2         = {{plainlist|
* 4 infantry battalions 
* 1 tank squadrons
* 3 artillery batteries
}}
| commander1        = {{plainlist|
* {{flagicon|Pakistan|army}} [[Major general|Maj. Gen.]] [[Akhtar Hussain Malik]] (removed after 2 days)
* {{flagicon|Pakistan|army}} Maj. Gen. [[Yahya Khan]]
}}
| commander2        = Unknown 
| casualties1       = Unknown
| casualties2       = Unknown
}}
{{Campaignbox Indo-Pakistani War of 1965}}

'''Operation Grand Slam''' was a key military operation of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]. It refers to a plan drawn up by the [[Pakistan Army]] in May 1965, that consisted of an attack on the vital [[Akhnoor|Akhnoor Bridge]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. The bridge was not only the lifeline of an entire [[infantry]] division of the [[Indian Army]], but could also be used to threaten the city of [[Jammu]], an important logistical point for Indian forces. The operation saw initial success, but was aborted when the Indian Army opened a new [[Theater (warfare)|front]] in the Pakistani province of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in order to relieve pressure in Kashmir. This forced [[Pakistan]] to abandon Grand Slam and fight in Punjab, so that the operation ended in failure and stated objectives were not achieved.

==Planning==
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The Operation Grand Slam was designed as a twin of the [[Operation Gibraltar]], both of which were meant to jeopardise India's control of Kashmir and bring it to the negotiating table without risking a general war across the international border.{{sfnp|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=207}}<ref>
{{harvp|Roy & Gates, Unconventional Warfare in South Asia|2014}}: "By late 1964, Pakistan had developed two interrelated plans known as Operation GIBRALTAR and Operation GRANDSLAM to 'liberate' Kashmir."
</ref>
The idea for Grand Slam came from President [[Ayub Khan]]. When he reviewed the plans for Gibraltar in May 1965, he pointed to [[Akhnur]] on the map and called it a "jugular" for India. By seizing Akhnur, India's overland supply route to Kashmir would be cut off.{{sfnp|Sirrs, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate|2016|p=52}}

Ayub Khan was mistaken. India's supply route to Kashmir did not pass through Akhnur. (The [[National Highway 1A (India, old numbering)|National Highway 1A]] passed through [[Udhampur]] and [[Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir|Ramban]], not Akhnur.) General [[Akhtar Malik]], who was in charge of both Gibraltar and Grand Slam, however understood the President's demand for a "jugular". He developed secret plans to proceed to Jammu after taking Akhnur, where he could cut off the highway. These plans were not revealed to the President, who would have apprehended the possibility of a general war.<ref>
{{harvp|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=208}}: "Akhtar Malik, while reluctant to fully tie himself down to that objective, acceded to the request in his meeting with Ayub and others. But, in his operational instructions to his commanders, he kept the option open once he had broken through the Indian defences [at Akhnur]."
</ref><ref>
{{harvp|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=213}}: "He wanted to keep the attack on Jammu his secret weapon, since that would have effectively cut off all Indian troops in Kashmir from India proper by commanding a choke point that would cut off the road from Pathankot through Jammu via Udhampur and Srinagar. ''Jammu was not on the official list of targets for that very reason; Pakistan did not want to provoke a wider war''." (emphasis added)
</ref><ref>
{{harvp|Van Praagh, The Greater Game|2003|p=293}}: "By slicing the road between Delhi and Srinagar, Islamic Pakistan sought finally to cut off the treasured Vale of Kashmir and its defenders from hated Hindu India."
</ref>

Also mired in confusion were the conditions under which Grand Slam was to be launched. According to some sources Grand Slam was to be launched only after Gibraltar had succeeded. A failure of Gibraltar should have necessitated a rethink.<ref>
{{harvp|Sirrs, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate|2016|p=52}}: "The result of this second plan was Operation GRAND SLAM, which would only be implemented if GIBRALTAR had succeeded in liberating Srinagar."
</ref>
According to others, Grand Slam itself was needed in order to "encash" Gibraltar.<ref>
{{harvp|Abbas, Pakistan's Drift into Extremism|2015|p=44}}: In order to be able to retrieve the situation in case this operation got into trouble, to give it a new lease on life, or to fully exploit the advantage gained in the event of its success, Operation Grand Slam was planned... According to some Pakistani Army officers, it was foreseen then that the value of Operation Gibraltar would be fully encashed after Grand Slam succeeded in wresting control of Akhnur.
</ref><ref>
{{harvp|Jamal, Shadow War|2009|p=83}}: "The operation, which aimed at capturing Akhnur, was not a clearly defined military plan.... The more likely goal was for the operation to build pressure on the Indian army while the Gibraltar forces carried on their work."
</ref>
Neither Gibraltar nor Grand Slam had the full support of the Army Headquarters.<ref>
{{harvp|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=207}}: "The Chief [Musa] and the CGS, General Sher Bahadur, had from its inception viewed Gibraltar as a bastard child, born of the liaison between the Foreign Minister [Bhutto] and General Malik."
</ref>

In addition to these confusions, there was also a technical issue. In order to avoid the possibility of a general war, Pakistan needed to make the operation appear to be a "localised conflict" in Kashmir. This meant launching its attack across the cease-fire line in Kashmir.{{efn|This was a hang-over from 1947. At that time, India refrained from retaliating against Pakistan's attacks in Kashmir by crossing the international border. But India and Pakistan were British Dominion at that time with their militaries under the command of British officers. No such constraints operated in 1965.}} But the operational plans for Grand Slam required the Pakistani forces to cross a "small section" of the border between Pakistani Punjab and Kashmir, which India regarded as an international border.<ref>
{{harvp|Jamal, Shadow War|2009|p=83}}: "Operation Grand Slam required Pakistani troops to cross a small section of the international border between Jammu in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir and the Pakistani city of Sialkot."
</ref><ref>
{{harvp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=130}}: "Not only did it mean that the Pakistan Army would have to cross a small section of the international border between Sialkot and Jammu, it also made the prospect of an all-out war very real."
</ref>{{efn|In Pakistani theory, the border between Pakistani Punjab and Indian-administered Kashmir was a "working boundary", not an international border. India did not such recognise such a distinction. ({{harvtxt|Nawaz, Crossed Swords|2008|p=207}})}}
In the event, it made no difference to India which border the Pakistani forces crossed.

=== Indian weaknesses ===
Even though Akhnur was not the "jugular" that President Ayub Khan imagined, it was still a key choke point. It had the only bridge across the [[Chenab River]] in this area, on which ran the supply route to the western districts of [[Rajouri district|Rajouri]] and [[Poonch district, India|Poonch]]. The bridge was capable of carrying only light tanks. It had not been strengthened over the years, despite warnings from various local commanders.{{efn|Brigadier Joginder Singh states that the commander of the 26 Division had assessed that the Akhnur bridge would be a target in a Pakistani operation and recommended strengthening it. He was reportedly asked to "proceed on pension".<ref>Agha Humayun Amin, [http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/aug/bookreview.htm Behind The Scenes] (Review), ''Defence Journal'', 2000.</ref>}} In addition, the cease-fire line was defended only lightly, as per the UN-mediated cease-fire agreement at the end of the [[First Kashmir War]]. It would be quickly overrun in the event of a full scale invasion.<ref>{{citation |last=Pradhan |first=R. D. |title=1965 War, the Inside Story: Defence Minister Y.B. Chavan's Diary of India-Pakistan War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymYCJQjEGBUC&pg=PA12 |year=2007 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-269-0762-5 |page=12}}</ref>

At the time of the opening attack of Operation Grand Slam, the Chhamb Jaurian sector was defended on the Indian side by the 191st (Independent) Infantry Brigade, comprising three battalions, and supported by a squadron of [[20th Lancers (India)|20 Lancers]], which was equipped with [[AMX-13]] light tanks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/documents/Articles1965/Ltgensatishnambiar230915.pdf |author=Lt Gen Satish Nambiar (retd)| title=Operations in the Chhamb and Sialkot Sectors |work=IndiaStrategic (September 2015 issue)|pages=54–56|date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

=== Decision to launch ===
[[File:Muhammad Ayub Khan.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Pakistani President [[Ayub Khan]], said to have had "loss of nerve and second thoughts" on ordering the Operation Grand Slam{{sfnp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=130}}]]

The Operation Gibraltar went badly. The plan was to infiltrate thousands of troops into Jammu and Kashmir, India in the guise of 'mujahideen', who would carry out sabotage to demoralise the Indian forces and incite the local population to revolt. But the local population did not rise, the infiltrators were quickly identified, and the Indian Army began to hunt them down.{{sfn|Jamal, Shadow War|2009|p=83}} In addition, the Indian Army moved across the cease-fire line to cut off the Pakistani infiltration routes and captured the [[Haji Pir pass]] in [[Azad Kashmir]] and some heights in the [[Kargil district|Kargil sector]].<ref>
Haidar Imtiaz, [https://nation.com.pk/12-Sep-2015/1965-how-pakistan-won-the-war-of-propaganda 1965: How Pakistan won the war of propaganda], The Nation, 12 September 2015.
</ref>

On 24 August, General Akhtar Malik started pressing the Army Headquarters for permission to launch the Operation Grand Slam. In his view, unless it was launched, it was only a matter of time before all the Gibraltar forces in Jammu and Kashmir, India would be captured or killed, and nothing would have been achieved from the whole operation.{{sfnp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=130}} The Army referred the issue to the President, but Ayub Khan withheld approval. He went away to [[Swat (princely state)|Swat]] to reflect on options. On 28 August, after the fall of the Haji Pir Pass, Malik briefed the Army chief. It was believed that India would take more territory unless something was done. The Army chief approached the foreign minister [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] (later prime minister) to obtain the President's approval. Bhutto is cited by the Army officers as having been the main driving force behind the entire military operation, and he was also said to be close enough to Ayub Khan to obtain his approval.{{sfnp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=130–132}}

Bhutto returned from Swat the next day with the President's order to
{{blockquote|''take such action that will defreeze the Kashmir problem, weaken Indian resolve, and bring her to the conference table without provoking a general war''.}}
Ayub Khan also ordered the army to be prepared for Indian retaliation. He also warned the army that it would be a long struggle.{{sfnp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=132}}

General Malik seemingly had his permission for the operation. But perhaps he didn't, because he knew fully well that he was provoking a general war contrary to the President's directive.<ref>
{{harvp|Bajwa, From Kutch to Tashkent|2013|p=133}}: "Whatever Ayub's hope of a short war and Bhutto's hope of India confining the war to Kashmir, there was little doubt in the minds of 12 Division and its commander [General Malik] that the launch of Grand Slam would lead to general war with India. In a briefing to his senior officers before its launch, Malik was told by an obviously startled brigadier that 'This would mean war with India'. Malik replied sarcastically, 'You've been paid long enough to make a war.'"
</ref>{{efn|The rest of the Army top brass would also seem to have ignored other aspects of the President's order because absolutely no preparations were made for facing Indian retaliation. Nor were supplies stockpiled for a long war. "General Ayub was told on the second day of the war by the Army Chief, General Musa Khan, that the Army had even run out of ammunition."<ref>{{citation |last=Hiranandani |first=Vice Admiral GM |title=Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991–2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2snz5Cfb0gC&pg=RA1-PA1963-IA2 |publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC |year=2013 |ISBN=978-1-935501-66-4}}</ref>}}

==Execution==
[[File:Operation Grand Slam.jpg|thumb|Pakistani troops in the Chamb−Jourian sector]]
The Pakistani Army commenced Operation Grand Slam at 0500 hours on 1 September 1965.

The [[Akhnoor]] sector was lightly defended by four Indian infantry battalions and a squadron of tanks. The infantry was stretched thin along the border and the [[AMX-13]] tanks were no match for the Pakistani [[M47 Patton]] and [[M48 Patton]] tanks. Against a militarily stronger and larger Pakistani thrust, the Indian forces retreated from their defensive positions. According to Pakistani military historian Major (retd.) A. H. Amin, the Pakistani forces in Operation Grand Slam had a 6 to 1 advantage over Indian AMX-13 tanks, which were like 'matchboxes' in front of the Pakistani Pattons. In terms of artillery, Pakistan's [[8-inch/55-caliber gun|8-inch guns]] were superior to anything that Indians had at that time and had an overall superiority of 6 to 1.<ref name="A H Amin">{{cite web |last=Amin |first=Major A. H. |title=Pakistan army till 1965 |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/21693873/Indo-Pak-Wars-1947-71-A-STRATEGIC-AND-OPERATIONAL-ANALYSIS-BY-A-H-AMIN-THIS-BOOK-CAN-BE-PRINTED-FROM-THIS-SITE |work=defence analyst |publisher=pg 41 |access-date=27 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104091720/https://www.scribd.com/doc/21693873/Indo-Pak-Wars-1947-71-A-STRATEGIC-AND-OPERATIONAL-ANALYSIS-BY-A-H-AMIN-THIS-BOOK-CAN-BE-PRINTED-FROM-THIS-SITE |archive-date=4 January 2012}}</ref> The Battle of Chumb was a major battle during the early stages of the operation.

On the second day of the attack, the GOC of the [[12th Infantry Division (Pakistan)|12th Infantry Division]] Major General [[Akhtar Hussain Malik]], commanding the overall forces in the area, was replaced by Major General [[Yahya Khan]], the GOC of the [[7th Infantry Division (Pakistan)|7th Infantry Division]], which delayed the attack by one day. Not only did this decision cause confusion among the Pakistani officer cadre, but the delay also permitted the Indians to rush reinforcements to the sector. When the attack recommenced on 3 September, the Indian forces in the sector were sufficiently reinforced to hold out for a few more days, but they did not have the strength to launch a counterattack. As the attack carried on for two more days without any significant gains in territory, the Indian Army opened up a new front, on 6 September, across the sensitive state of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in Pakistan. The advance of the Indian Army also threatened to cut across the right flank of the Pakistani attack. Realising the gravity of the threat, the [[Pakistan Army|Pakistani Army]] stopped its thrust into [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Kashmir]] and diverted forces to counter the Indian incursion.

==See also==

* [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC)

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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==External links==
{{Campaignbox Indo-Pakistani Wars}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041224022354/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/History/1965War/index.html Bharat-Rakshak] Official Indian Account can be found here.
* [http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/sept/grand-slam.htm Defence Journal] A Pakistani Account of 1965.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080213145004/http://ummat.com.pk/report_ummat/10022008-misc_reports/interview-10022008b.html Air Commodore Syed Sajjad Haider on 1965 war and surrounding events]
* [http://www.pakistanarmy.biz.tc/chammb.html Battle of Chhamb] Pakistan Army War Diary of 1965 War.

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