Of late, Pakistanis have been posting a scanned frontpage of an Australian news paper about some battle Pakistan "won" against the Indian army in the 1965 war. If I remember correctly, this image is misleading and this was debunked sometimes back. We have to remember how countries manage the perception of their current and past wars.
I am not sure where exactly did I read this, but back in 1960s Pakistan was well ensconced in the western camp (US/UK/Australia). While this battle was still in progress, Pakistanis claimed victory (based on initial gains) and the western press was only too eager to lap it up declare the Pakistani victory on their front pages. Later it became clear that Pakistanis far from being victors, actually lost the battle in question.
Now think about it, in this newspaper scan, we are missing the most important piece of information i.e. location. So about which battle this newspaper was talking about? Was it Asal Uttara, Chawinda? Wouldn't it be actually nice to post the entire article?
Why, for instance, Pakistanis are not postings scans of their own Pakistani newspapers, reporting this victory? The simple answer is, Pakistan did not win this engagement with India and lost it. Initial gains were reported as complete victory, while the battle raged. Pakistanis still do it to this day, hence their sources cannot be trusted.
I have not read much about the Indo-Pak 1965 war, though I am planning on picking up Shiv Kunal Verma's book "The Western Sunrise" but till then, I would love to hear it from members here about their take on this.
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