Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River by Brian Palmer (GS) SQN39 Operation Galvanic as it was

Operation Galvanic as it was known became the first step on the island road to Japan itself

Dornier 435 by David Pentland

oil on canvas by Graeme Lothian

workmanlike airframe that provided a stable platform from which to launch torpedoes against enemy shipping

Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River by Brian Palmer (GS) SQN39 Operation Galvanic as it wasDHM1174GS. Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River by Brian Palmer. Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River During the Macedonian conquests in 326BC at the tributary at Hydaspes (now Jhelem) of the Indus River, King Porus and his Indian army blocked Alexander the Greats advance with some 50,000 troops leaving 40,000, the bulk of his army, on the west bank of the river. Alexander the Great crossed the Indus river using makeshift pontoons