Photos The Dhofar insurgency

[Sid Pass]

 

[Bombardier]

There is much interest @Sid Pass at least from me
I created the media gallery here for you as you requested https://www.militaryimages.net/media/categories/dhofar-insurgency.76/

however as I said you could just upload any imagery to this thread if you wanted to.

 

[zipper]

Dont know much about it but always glad to see new things to help me get a better understanding

 

[Bombardier]

Is that a photo of the " Flying Shoebox" or rather The Short SC.7 Skyvan

 

[Bombardier]

A crucial but forgotten war
Bruce Anderson

Bruce Anderson reviews In the Service of the Sultan: A First-Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency by Ian Gardiner

This is an enthralling book. In a mere 180 pages, Ian Gardiner, an army officer who fought with the Sultan of Oman's forces, succeeds in three major objectives. He describes what it is like to be a young officer leading men of different nationalities into combat against wily and courageous guerrillas. He captures the landscape and the spirit of Oman, 'that entrancing, fascinating, hauntingly beautiful country'. Finally, he puts the battles he fought in their geopolitical context.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, British troops played a vital part in winning a crucial war. It received little publicity, then or since. At the time, that was just as well. Our troops were helping the Sultans of Oman to defeat a communist-backed insurgency in the south of their country. In the days when the Soviets could still rely on the illusions and naivety of the Western soft Left, it would have been easy to portray this as neocolonial oppressors assisting feudal monarchs to defeat a national liberation movement. Fortunately, the Dhofar war could be fought and won without media attention.

Read more
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3662952/A-crucial-but-forgotten-war.html

 

[Pretorian]

Great pictures you have posted in the media gallery @Sid Pass

 

[Sid Pass]

A crucial but forgotten war
Bruce Anderson

Bruce Anderson reviews In the Service of the Sultan: A First-Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency by Ian Gardiner

This is an enthralling book. In a mere 180 pages, Ian Gardiner, an army officer who fought with the Sultan of Oman's forces, succeeds in three major objectives. He describes what it is like to be a young officer leading men of different nationalities into combat against wily and courageous guerrillas. He captures the landscape and the spirit of Oman, 'that entrancing, fascinating, hauntingly beautiful country'. Finally, he puts the battles he fought in their geopolitical context.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, British troops played a vital part in winning a crucial war. It received little publicity, then or since. At the time, that was just as well. Our troops were helping the Sultans of Oman to defeat a communist-backed insurgency in the south of their country. In the days when the Soviets could still rely on the illusions and naivety of the Western soft Left, it would have been easy to portray this as neocolonial oppressors assisting feudal monarchs to defeat a national liberation movement. Fortunately, the Dhofar war could be fought and won without media attention.

Read more
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3662952/A-crucial-but-forgotten-war.html

I'm next to Ian Gardiner on the title page photo of his book. Col. John Blashford-Snell also compilled a short film of our 4 month tour there in 1974.

 

[Sid Pass]

Great pictures you have posted in the media gallery @Sid Pass

Thanks Pretorian. My pleasure.

 

[The Hood]

I know little about it althogh did read something about the battle of Mirbat once involving SAS troops

 

[Holdfast]

Is that a photo of the " Flying Shoebox" or rather The Short SC.7 Skyvan

Yes it is. "Sky van" is a perfect name for this aircraft. Packed with stores and personnel, it could descend steeply onto short dirt airstrips (typically just a flat bit of ground with larger stones removed) in hostile territory, flown by skilled and brave pilots.

 

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80-90's era?
sorry,i think dhafur,south sudan

 

[Holdfast]

The roundel on the Skyvan shown is that of the Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF), now Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO). Operating out of the Salalah airfield in Oman's southern province, Dhofar.

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

I have always believed that there are wars and forgotten conflicts that only interest the fans and those who were directly involved, I would appreciate the photographs for the references that can be obtained for modeling

 

[BravoZulu]

SAS Sniper in Oman Dhofar 1974

 

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n a scene reminiscent of another era, a soldier of the Federal Regular Army stands guard by a fort in the Radfan region of the Federation of Southern Arabia during British military operations in the area, circa 1964.

The area was part of a British protectorate of Dhala and was the site of intense fighting between British forces, supported by the Federal Army and the indigenous arab tribes.

Today the area is a part of the Republic of Yemen.

(IWM)

 

[Royal]

Thanks - just FYI, this and the Dhofar campaign were entirely different operations in different - albeit neighbouring - countries, at different times.

 

[guest0001]

My bad, I should have known better.....?

 

[KVLG]

Does anyone know what both sides had as far as weapons? Uniforms? Any pics of the adoo (Communist insurgents)?

 

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