Above: Indian soldiers struggle to move artillery into position in 1962.

       On October 16, 1962, eleven years after it had invaded Tibet, the Peoples Republic of China assailed Himalayan India in a surprise attack that ended millennia of peaceful co-existence between the two Asian giants. As a result, approximately 43,000 square kilometers of Indian territory is still under occupation by the PRC.

       Though an often overlooked conflict the 1962 Sino-Indian war is very significant because its historical ramifications can be strongly felt today. Not only did it alter the course of the Cold War, but became the primary cause of consternation between two of the largest countries, economies, militaries, and civilizations of the world - India and China. It is a conflict that, today, directly involves one third of humanity.

       There is little or no information on the web about this important conflict - apart from those few sites that are designed to intentionally mislead and misinform the casual reader. We at the Field Marshal Military Web Project intend to give a exact perspective of the conflict and to be accurate in all accounts, and can thus be of use to a serious student of history.