Federal Regular Army

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The Federal Regular Army was the main military force of the Federation of South Arabia and later South Yemen, involved in counterinsurgency and internal security operations during the decolonization period around the Aden Emergency.

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Federal Regular Army canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military organization
allegiance Federation of South Arabia
surface form: Federation of South Arabia government

pro-British authorities in South Arabia
alliedWith British Armed Forces
areaOfOperations rural hinterland of South Arabia
urban areas of Aden
conflict Aden Emergency
South Arabian insurgency
country Federation of South Arabia
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
surface form: South Yemen
dissolvedIn late 1960s
distinctFrom Aden Protectorate Levies
Federal National Guard
engagedAgainst Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen
National Liberation Front
surface form: National Liberation Front (South Yemen)
function maintenance of internal order
support to civil power
garrisonLocation Aden
historicalPeriod 1960s
decolonization of South Arabia
involvedIn suppression of nationalist movements in South Arabia
languageOfCommand Arabic
militaryBranch land forces
notableFor participation in the Aden Emergency
role in late British colonial security policy in South Arabia
operatedIn Aden Protectorate
Federation of South Arabia
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
surface form: South Yemen
partOf People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Armed Forces
surface form: armed forces of South Yemen

armed forces of the Federation of South Arabia
primaryTask counterinsurgency operations
internal security operations
role main military force of South Yemen in its early period
main military force of the Federation of South Arabia
secondaryLanguageOfCommand English
status defunct
successor People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Armed Forces
supportedBy United Kingdom
typeOfUnit regular army
usedDoctrine British counterinsurgency doctrine

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Aden Emergency opponent Federal Regular Army
Radfan Campaign belligerent Federal Regular Army