Significant1963 – 1967 · 4 years

Aden Emergency

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Aden · South Yemen · Federation of South Arabia

Estimated casualties

800 – 2.1Kestimated dead

About 90–92 British military and 17 British civilians killed; total deaths roughly 2,000 including Yemenis.

SOURCEscholarly

An anti-colonial insurgency from 1963 to 1967 in Aden and the Federation of South Arabia, waged by the NLF and FLOSY against British rule. It culminated in Britain's withdrawal and the establishment of independent South Yemen.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
NLF and FLOSY (Yemeni nationalist insurgents)

Sources

Wikipedia: Aden Emergency
UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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