Battle of the Crater (Aden)

The Battle of the Crater was an encounter during the Aden Emergency. Following the murder of British troops by the Arab Armed Police the Crater district in Aden was abandoned by British troops. The British decided to enter the Crater and retrieve the bodies of British soldiers. The operation began in 3 July 1967 under the name Operation Stirling Castle and resulted in the Crater being successfully reoccupied. British troops remained there until the end of the emergency.

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 * Operation Stirling Castle at Britains Small Wars
 * The Aden Emergency at Remembering Scotland at War