In 1965-66 India-Pakistan war, India had a decisive win over Pakistan. Lahore stood at the mercy of Indian army. Lahore was completely evacuated. US and UK supported Pakistan. They forced India into a ceasefire when a decisive victory for India would have changed the course of history completely. In contrast June 6, 1944, The allied army landed on the French beach of Normandy to finish the Nazi Germany’s military dominance once for ever. US and UK forces did on the D-Day what was necessary to get Hitler out of power. It was the decisive war to end the Second World War. Soviet Union pressed on from the east and US/UK military crushed the German military machine from the west. The same countries did not allow India to complete its decisive war against Pakistan in 1965.

OMAHA BEACH France, June 6, 1944

Biggest betrayal came from the Russians (then Soviet Union). After the war Soviet Premier, Kosygin, decided to play the role of a peacemaker. He invited both Prime Minister Shastari and President Ayub to meet at Tashkant for peace settlement. Both accepted his invitation. Indian delegation including Foreign Minister Swaran Singh, Defense Minister Y. B. Chawan and Indian Ambassador at Moscow, T. N. Kaul. Pakistan delegation included its Foreign Minister, Z. A. Bhutto. The meeting began on January 4th, with an opening address by Kosygin in the course of which he said "India and Pakistan are our southern neighbors. We always came out not only for the strengthening of friendly relations between Soviet Union and India and Pakistan but also for the reign of peace and friendship between these countries themselves." He did not utter a word which could be considered as sympathetic to India which had been subjected to unprovoked aggression. Deliberations continued till January 10, when Tashkent Declaration was adopted and initiated by Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan on behalf of India and Pakistan. 
Tashkent Declaration was a collection of platitudes. Its only concrete and operative part was clause-II which said "The Prime Minister of India and President of Pakistan have agreed that all armed personnel of the two countries shall be withdrawn not later than 15 February, 1966 to the positions they held prior to August 5th and both sides will observe the ceasefire terms on the ceasefire line." 
This was a clear rebuff to India. It not only put the aggressor and the aggressed on par but also committed India to withdraw from Haji Pir and Kargil Heights which belonged to India, had been illegally occupied by Pakistan and had been liberated by Indian armed forces at a heavy cost. It virtually gave legal validity to Pak occupation of the territory it had occupied in 1947-48 without prejudice to its claim on the rest of the state which was still with India. 
Lal Bahadur had assured the people and armed forces before his departure for Tashkent that he would not accept any suggestion for the return to Pakistan of Haji Pir pass and Kargil Heights. He stood firm on his word to the nation till the last day. But his aides, Swaran Singh, Y. B. Chawan and T. N. Kaul, pressurred him to accept the Pak demand for withdrawal of troops from there for fear of alienation of USSR. It implied that it was the pressure of the Soviet Union which forced India to accept a patently unjust settlement. Had India not put all her eggs in Soviet basket and had it maintained dialogue with USA also before and after going to Tashkent, it might have been saved from the predicament in which Shastri had to sign the Tashkent Declaration against his better judgment. 
Prime Minister Shastri was found dead in his room at Tashkent on the morning of January 11, 1966. It was given out that he died of heart failure. But suspicion that he was poisoned to death lingers on. No detailed inquiry into his death was made. Indian physician Dr. Chugh, who had accompanied him to Tashkent was mysteriously liquidated sometime later.

On the eve of the D-Day celebrations, we should remember how the history was not allowed to take its own course. Now we have to live with Musharraf’s nuclear Pakistan and tolerate terrorism in Kashmir and elsewhere on a daily basis. Double standard? Who said so!