Aden 1962 - 1967

[Kyt]

CTNana's question prompted me to have a look around for information on Aden and the British involvement.

The Colony of Aden (Arabic: مستعمرة عدن Mustaʿmarat ʿAdan) was a British crown colony from 1937 to 1963 and consisted of the port city of Aden and its immediate surroundings. Before 1937, the 121 km² territory was ruled by the Bombay Presidency of British India and known as the Aden Settlement.

On 18 January 1963, it became the "State of Aden" (Arabic: ولاية عدن Wilāyat ʿAdan) in the new Federation of South Arabia. The federation in turn became the People's Republic of South Yemen on 30 November 1967. The hinterland of the Aden Colony was known as the Aden Protectorate.

The best site dealing with the Insurgancy is probably http://britains-smallwars.com/Aden/index.html which has masses of information.

A good introduction (to better understand all the information in the above site) is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden_Emergency

And a detailed analysis of the regional context:

From Tribal Rebellions to Revolution: British Counter-Insurgency Operations in Southwest Arabia 1955-67

All fascinating stuff on a region and conflict I knew virually nothing about before. Thank you CTNana for bringing it to my attention.

[Kyt]

Another good site with some photographs and a map of Aden:

The Aden Emergency was an insurgency against British crown forces in what is now the Yemen. It lasted from 10 December 1963 when a "State of Emergency" was declared until 30 November 1967 when British forces left. The emergency began when members of the National Liberation Front (NLF) carried out a grenade attack against the British High Commission which killed one person and injured fifty. In this new article Herb Friedman analyses British psychological operations against the nationalist dissidents in Aden during the Emergency.

http://www.psywar.org/aden.php