Withdrawal from Aden explained

Conflict:Withdrawal from Aden
Partof:Aden Emergency
Date:30 November 1967
Place:Aden
Combatant1: United Kingdom
Combatant2: National Liberation Front
Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen
Commander1: Humphrey Trevelyan
Commander2:Unknown
Strength1:3,500
Strength2:unknown

Withdrawal from Aden was the final withdrawal of British troops from the colony of Aden, 128 years after the Aden Expedition. High Commissioner Sir Humphrey Trevelyan boarded an RAF aircraft at RAF Khormaksar after a short handover ceremony on 30 November 1967. The last troops to leave were the Royal Engineers.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/aden-emergency "Aden Emergency" at National Army Museum
  2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1543462/Parallels-with-the-retreat-from-Aden.html Major Wilson, "Parallels with the retreat from Aden", Daily Telegraph, 22 Feb 2007