23 must-see photos from 1965

 

We look back at some of the most intriguing pictures from the war of 1965 that lasted almost 17 days.



A local militia stand guard at a check post in Azad Kashmir (L), while on (R) a soldier firing from a trench at BRB Canal to stop the enemy from crossing the canal.



On left Major General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan briefing the then Field Marshal Ayub Khan during a visit to forward positions. A company commander monitoring the progress of the operation on right.

 



 



Indian Prisoners of War (POWs) captured during 1965 war participating in three-legged race in a POW camp.

 



Pakistani soldiers celebrating after hoisting a Pakistani flag on an Indian check post, while on right, Indian flag is being replaced by the Pakistani one.

 



A Pakistani tank in action in Chhamb Sector.

 



Pakistani soldiers atop captured Indian tanks.

 



Pakistani Desert Force after capturing the Loganewala posts.

 



(L) Pakistani flag can be seen hoisted on the captured Ghutaro Fort as officers of Pakistan Army pose for a picture. A Pakistani soldier stand guard in front of Kishangarh Fort (R).    


 



Pakistani soldiers pose in front of a captured tank of India's Poona Horse Regiment.

 



Undeterred by the freezing snow, Pakistani soldiers holds position in Azad Kashmir.

 

 



A Pakistani soldier sitting next to a milestone in the Indian town of Khem Karan.

 



A soldier stand guard outside Kishangarh Fort (L). Pakistani soldiers hoist a Pakistani flag at an immigration check post in Munabao.

 



A Pakistani flag can be seen hoisted on the Kishangarh Fort, Rajasthan. 

 



A Pakistani soldier standing nest to the signboard of Muanbao Railway Station

 



Turkish and Iranian nurses tending the injured soldier (L). Then president and Field Marshal Ayub Khan presents Major Aziz Bhatti's Nishan-e-Haider to his widow.

 



The helmet of Major Aziz Bhatti (Shaheed), Nishan-e-Haider, resting on his rifle near the spot where he fell after being hit by an Indian shell.

All photos courtesy Inter-Services Public Relations.