Aden Emergency

Aden Emergency
Part of the Cold War and the Arab Cold War
The location of the Aden Protectorate
Date 14 October 1963 – 30 November 1967 (4 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location Western and Eastern Protectorates, Aden Protectorate, Middle East Result British withdrawal Creation of the People's Republic of South Yemen
Belligerents
British Empire Federation of South Arabia	NLF FLOSY Supported by Egypt Yemen Arab Republic  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Harold Wilson Admiral Sir Michael Le Fanu Air Cdre. Michael Beetham Lt-Col Colin Campbell Mitchell	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi Abdullah Al Asnag Gamal Abdel Nasser
Strength
30,000 British personnel at peak (3,500 in November 1967) 15,000 South Arabian Army troops
Casualties and losses
British: 90-98 killed 510 wounded South Arabian Army: 17 killed, 58 wounded	382 killed 1,714 wounded
Total: 2,096 killed

B Squadron, 5th Royal Tank Regiment also served in Aden in an Infantry role

 British Empire

NLF
FLOSY

The Aden Emergency was an insurgency against the British Crown forces in the British controlled territories of South Arabia which now form part of the Yemen. Partly inspired by Nasser's pan Arab nationalism, it began on 14 October 1963 with the throwing of a grenade at a gathering of British officials at Aden Airport. A state of emergency was then declared in the British Crown colony of Aden and its hinterland, the Aden Protectorate. The emergency escalated in 1967 and hastened the end of British rule in the territory which had begun in 1839. On 30 November 1967, British forces withdrew and the independent People's Republic of South Yemen was proclaimed.

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