Riots, Rebellion, Gunboats and Peace Keepers

Recently our attention has been drawn to a series of new books, articles and radio and television documentaries on the subjects covered by Britain's Small Wars. Their contents, in many cases, draw extensively on material published on this web site and used without acknowledgment or permission of the copyright holders.

When this site was created and developed, its aim, which remains, was to record those conflicts since 1945 in which British service personnel have been called upon to do their duty, reported as far as possible through the eye-witness accounts of those involved, and to create Honour Rolls, where none existed before, of those who gave their lives in service to their country. As a result this web site has become a valuable historical resource due to the voluntary efforts of our contributors, free from the profit-making needs of media publishers.

By using Britain's Small Wars copyright material without permission, some authors and publishers are not only taking credit falsely for their work, they are dishonoring British forces and their achievements. While we do not have the resources to 'police' the use of our material nor pursue costly litigation, we usually give permission freely to those who approach us to quote passages from our pages for their use. In fact, they honor us by doing so. All we request is that they acknowledge the fact in their published work.

THE SENTRY
Thus stands the British soldier of today, yesterday, and tomorrow. It seems to have become a tradition that the British Army must always be over stretched. One man has therefore to suffice in place of two, and a battalion is assigned a commitment broad enough for a brigade. Such has been the recurring pattern over the past forty years. Officers and men have accepted it, without complaint. They would appear to be at their happiest when thrust into some god forsaken place in the world and presented with a task of awesome dimensions, that some politician somewhere has blundered and called for help. The lone sentry at the crossroads of Empire seems well aware of this great tradition and we can confidently leave the reputations and traditions of the British Army in his keeping. *James Robinson*

In this chapter we will try to cover some of the little known and mostly unheard of small conflicts that British forces have been involved in since the end of W.W.II. Some were successful operations to put down rebellions while others tell the story of British forces quelling riots in various parts of the old Empire. Often Britain has been asked by her former members of the Empire for help and British troops have been sent to hot spots throughout the world, sometimes not to the knowledge of the British public.

British troops have also been involved in peacekeeping operations since the end of W.W.II. This particular type of operation was sometimes the hardest to do. There are many of these bush fire wars to cover and information is sometimes scarce so please bear with us. It is not our intention to ignore any of these operations. We would very much like to hear from any one who was evolved in any of these operations.

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"Under heavy fire, am aground" H.M.S. Amethyst 1949	45 take on the Israelis Aqaba 1949	Lawrence's Legacy Arabia 1948 -59	The Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove The Caribbean 1948-1969
Green Mountain Muscat and Oman 1957-59	Warlike Noises British Honduras Belize	Unexpected Allies Java 1945-1946	Kuwait The first crisis 1961
Hong Kong Riots 1956, 1966 and 1967	The Cod Wars	African Mutinies Tanganyika 1964	Rhodesia Operation Agila 1979 to 1980
Bomb Alert in the Atlantic	Iranian Embassy Assault	Brave Men Indeed! Bomb Disposal since 1945	Sirius Business Detachment in the West Indies.
Operation Safe Haven Northern Iraq 1991.	Threat of Invasion Gan By Brian Wilmer RAF.	Sirius Business II Cod Wars	The Cameroon Involvement Alan Parkinson of King's Own Royal Border Regiment
Splashdown on the Equator John Cooper, RAF, Gan in 1960.	Naval Party 2482 Java 1945-1946 By Ted Bates ex Telegraphist	UNFICYP The United Nations Force In Cyprus	Lebanon 1982-84
Africa Calls A British Soldier	UK Forces in the Congo	Dar es Salaam 1964 by John Lloyd, Maj RM	East Timor 1999
The Solomons Islands 1998-2003	Battling the Shift Eritrea 1948-1951	Pink Elephants on the road to Baghdad Iraq 1946 By Vic Smith	Allied Harvest Adriatic Sea 1999
Operation Essential Harvest Macedonia 2001	The Allied Occupation of Japan	A Greek Tragedy UK forces in Greece Supporting Government forces during the civil war	The Allied Occupation of Italy