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==Warfare== | ==Warfare== | ||
===FDH takeover of the North (March 1953-December 1954)=== | ===FDH takeover of the North (March 1953-December 1954)=== | ||
On March 3 forces loyal to Javad Spabod swept into [[Tabish]] on the pretext of securing the rule of the junta from 'putschist elements' gathered around the figure of Farrukhzad Khosa. Speaking on the radio, Spabod announced the expulsion of Khosa and his allies from the revolutionary command and ordered their arrest. As the announcement was taking place, fighting broke out in the city with army units loyal to Khosa but by March 5th they were forced to fully retreat to positions twenty kilometers to the south. The military airport and other key parts of the city such as the central bank were captured without much resistance. Sporadic protests were put down forcefully, with at least seven protestors being shot dead by soldiers. Elsewhere in the Ghanim governorate, local garrisons pledged allegiance to the defacto FDH government in [[Tabish]] as was expected. The christian villages of Maruta and Keshem in eastern Ghanim which declared neutrality were bombed and submitted, with the citizens forced to kiss copies of the Quran by militiamen of Jamaat-e-Islami. FDH forces continued striking south towards Darbah, breaking two defensive lines and nearly overrunning NCDP units guarding the city's flanks. The offensive fizzled out due to reinforcements being brought to Darbah, complicating efforts to fully encircle the city. | |||
===FDH Southern Offensive (March 1955-August 1956)=== | ===FDH Southern Offensive (March 1955-August 1956)=== | ||
=== | ===Ceasefire (August 1956-February 1957)=== | ||
===3rd of March Martyrs Counteroffensive (March 1957-May 1958)=== | ===3rd of March Martyrs Counteroffensive (March 1957-May 1958)=== | ||
===Positional warfare (June 1958-December 1962)=== | ===Positional warfare (June 1958-December 1962)=== | ||