National Liberation Front (South Yemen)
| National Liberation Front | |
|---|---|
Small arms and dynamite | |
| Engagements | Aden Emergency |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi Jarallah Omar |
| Insignia | |
| Identification symbol | Initials "NLF" |
The National Liberation Front (NLF;
Background
In the late 50s
Creation
The anti-Royalist campaign for power spread to the Federation of South Arabia in 1964 when the NLF announced the start of their revolution. In 1964 there was a new British government headed by the Labour Party after they won the United Kingdom general election. They attempted to grant independence to the Federation of South Arabia by giving Abdullah al Asnag's FLOSY control of the country. This proposal was annulled by the American President Johnson who didn't want Britain to withdraw while the Americans were escalating the Vietnam War.[3]
In 1965 the British suspended the Federation of South Arabian government and imposed direct colonial rule. Realizing that the British weren't going to give him control Asnag fled the country and joined the NLF. However elements of the NLF become more radical Marxist and they split from the Egyptians.[4] Asnag formed his own military organization, FLOSY, in order to counter the NLF.[3] The NLF quickly denounced Asnag and FLOSY as Imperialist forces under control of Nasser and in addition to attacking the British also engaged FLOSY in combat.[3] By February 1967 the British could no longer control or protect its bases in Aden and announced it was leaving the country, against American wishes.[3]
In January 1967, there were mass riots by NLF and FLOSY supporters in the old Arab quarter of Aden town, which continued until mid February, despite the intervention of British troops. During the period there were many attacks on the troops, and an
Nevertheless, deadly guerrilla attacks particularly by the NLF soon resumed against British forces. Nasser threw its weight behind FLOSY and arrested the head of the NLF who was living at the time in Egypt. Officially FLOSY and the NLF refused to talk to the leaving British forces as they didn't want to be seen associated with the British government.
Victory
On November 30, 1967 the Federation of South Arabia ceased to exist when the
Post civil war
Bibliography
- Notes
- ^ National Liberation Front Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine FOTW.us
- ^ a b Kitchen 1994, p. 126
- ^ a b c d e Kitchen 1994, p. 127
- ^ Dean 2004, p. 1211
- ^ a b Beeston & Simpson 2007, p. 84
- ^ a b Kitchen 1994, p. 128
- ^ Mawby 2005, p. 173
- ^ Kostiner 1984, p. 171
- ^ Colburn 2002, p. 79
- References
- Beeston, Richard; Simpson, John (2007). Looking for Trouble: The Life and Times of a Foreign Correspondent (2007 ed.). Tauris Parke Paperbacks. ISBN 978-1-84511-277-6. -Total pages: 224
- Colburn, Marta; Catholic Institute for International Relations (2002). The Republic of Yemen: development challenges in the 21st century (2002 ed.). CIIR. ISBN 978-1-85287-249-6.) -Total pages: 83
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Dean, Lucy (2004). The Middle East and North Africa 2004 (2004 ed.). ISBN 978-1-85743-184-1. -Total pages: 1370
- Kitchen, Martin (1994). Empire and after: a short history of the British Empire and Commonwealth (1994 ed.). Centre for Distance Education, Simon Fraser University. ISBN 978-0-86491-142-1. -Total pages: 197
- Kostiner, Joseph (1984). The struggle for South Yemen (1984 ed.). ISBN 978-0-7099-1504-1. -Total pages: 195
- Mawby, Spencer (2005). British policy in Aden and the protectorates 1955-67: last outpost of a Middle East empire (2005 ed.). ISBN 978-0-7146-5459-1. -Total pages: 210
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