Radfan Campaign

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The Radfan Campaign was a 1964 British-led military operation in the Radfan mountains of South Arabia aimed at suppressing insurgent activity during the broader Aden Emergency.

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Radfan Campaign canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf counterinsurgency operation
military campaign
belligerent British Army
Federal Regular Army
Quteibi tribesmen
Royal Air Force
local insurgent tribes
combatantRole British-led operation
commandStructure Middle East Command
surface form: British Middle East Command
conflict Aden Emergency
countryInvolved United Kingdom
endDate 1964-12-31
followedBy escalation of Aden Emergency
hasCause insurgent attacks on British and Federal forces
tribal resistance to Federation of South Arabia
historicalEra Cold War
involvedBranch British Army engineering units
British Army infantry units
Royal Air Force aircraft
surface form: Royal Air Force strike aircraft

Royal Air Force units
surface form: Royal Air Force transport squadrons
location Federation of South Arabia
Federation of South Arabia
surface form: Protectorate of South Arabia

Radfan mountains
Southern Arabia
surface form: South Arabia
militaryTheater Radfan mountains
surface form: Radfan mountain region
notableFor controversy over treatment of local population
difficult mountainous fighting conditions
use of air strikes in mountainous terrain
objective reasserting control over Radfan region
securing communication routes to Aden
suppression of insurgent activity
partOf Aden Emergency
British military operations in the Middle East
precededBy early unrest in Radfan region
relatedTo African decolonization
surface form: British decolonisation

History of Aden
South Arabian insurgency
result British tactical victory
continuation of wider insurgency in Aden Emergency
startDate 1964-01-01
status completed
theaterOfOperations Aden Protectorate
timePeriod 1964
used air power
artillery
helicopter-borne assaults
infantry operations

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Aden Emergency significantEvent Radfan Campaign
Radfan mountains historicalEvent Radfan Campaign