A daring misadventure in the desolate Rann of Kutch emboldened Pakistan to try a similar tactic in the North. This led to the 1965 war. Listen to the mistaken assumptions that Pakistan made and what happened when they turned out to be false.

Sources -

India-Pakistan in War & Peace - Dixit, J. N_

Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1947-2019 - Abdul Sattar

Genesis of Indo-Pakistan conflict on Kashmir - V. D. Chopra, P.N. Haksar

South Asian Insecurity and the Great Powers - Barry Buzan

A History of the Pakistan Army - Brian Cloughley

The First Round - Indo Pakistan War 1965 - Air Marshal Asghar Khan

Memoirs of a Bystander - A Life in Diplomacy - Iqbal Akhund