Peshawar border of the North West Frontier, modern day Pakistan
Result
Mohmand - KOA victory[1]
Belligerents
Mohmand Kingdom of Afghanistan
British Army India
Commanders and leaders
Haji of Turangzai King Zahir Shah
Claude Auchinleck Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet Godfrey Meynell Philip F. Fullard Basil Embry Alan Brown
Charles Hamilton Boucher Harold Alexander
Units involved
Royal Afghan Army
Royal Air Force
Strength
Mohmand
6,600 [2]
Kingdom of Afghanistan:
1,000 soldiers
30,000[3]
The Second Mohmand campaign of 1935 was a British military campaign against the Mohmand tribes in the Northwest Frontier area of British India, now Pakistan. The campaign began in August 1935 where Tanks were used, their first operational use India, and with help from the Royal Air Force the revolt was suppressed and the Mohmands submitted in October 1935.
^Yorkshire VCs. ISBN 1781599025.
^Mainstreaming the Tribal Areas (ex-FATA) of Pakistan Bordering Afghanistan: Challenges and Prospects. Springer Nature. ISBN 9811917949.
^Mainstreaming the Tribal Areas (ex-FATA) of Pakistan Bordering Afghanistan: Challenges and Prospects. Springer Nature. ISBN 9811917949.
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