1963–1967 South Yemeni insurgency against British rule
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Aden Emergency
Part of the Cold War, the Arab Cold War, and the decolonization of Asia
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
Yemeni NLF victory
British withdrawal
Independence of South Yemen
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Federation of South Arabia
Protectorate of South Arabia
NLF FLOSY Supported by: United Arab Republic Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Harold Wilson Michael Le Fanu Michael Beetham Colin Campbell Mitchell
Qahtan al-Shaabi Abdullah al-Asnag Gamal Abdel Nasser Nikita Khrushchev Leonid Brezhnev
Strength
30,000 at peak[1] (3,500 in November 1967)[2] 15,000 federal troops[3]
Unknown
Casualties and losses
British Army: 90–92 killed 510 wounded[4][3] Federal Regular Army: 17 killed 58 wounded
382 killed 1,714 wounded[3]
Total: 2,096 casualties[5]
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1967
Aden Riots
Aden mutiny
Crater
Withdrawal
The Aden Emergency, also known as the 14 October Revolution (Arabic: ثورة 14 أكتوبر, romanized: Thawra 14 ʾUktūbar, lit. '14th October Revolution') or as the Radfan Uprising, was an armed rebellion by the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY) against the Federation of South Arabia, a British Protectorate of the United Kingdom, which led to the proclamation of the People's Republic of South Yemen.
Partly inspired by Gamal Abdel 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.
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Global Information
NLF
United Arab Republic
Soviet Union
Harold Wilson
Michael Le Fanu
Michael Beetham
Colin Campbell Mitchell
15,000 federal troops[3]