'Operation Vantage'
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Date commenced:
Saturday, July 1, 1961
1961 British military intervention in Kuwait in response to threats from Iraq. 42 Commando RM 'Charlie' Troop were the first to go ashore from HMS Bulwark in 848 Naval Air Squadron's Whirlwinds.
[Image] Royal Marines Commandos relax with Arab tribesmen volunteers, Kuwait 1961, credit Imperial War Museum.
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