Myth about winning 1965 War

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Re: Myth about winning 1965 War

@Jolie

I don’t know how true this information is, I have never come across this before, but Pakistan was definitely the weaker side and India knew this very well.

If India had 80% still in reserve and they were in a winning position - regardless of the reserve in Pakistan’s kitty - India would have prolonged the war and imposed an undisputed humiliating defeat. Considering how intense the fighting got, even prolonging the war by couple of weeks to a month would have made significant difference. But they couldn’t because they were not in winning position and Pakistan side was fighting well.

India didn’t know the details then. They knew what they saw like indian pilots forgot to fire when they couldn’t look at the glare of the Starfighter. India did learn and did better in 1971 while PAF still was buying Sabres after 1965!