Operation Vantage

Operation Vantage 1961
	Part of Iraq-Kuwait relations and the 1961 Independence of Kuwait
	; HMS Victorious taking part in Operation Vantage in support of Kuwait in July 1961.
Date	1 July 1961
Location	Kuwait
Result	Bilateral withdrawal to demarcation line set by the Arab League
Belligerents
Kuwait ; United Kingdom	Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah ; Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ; Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah ; British Armed Forces; Harold Macmillan; Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma HM's Royal Naval Commanders; HM's Royal Air Force Commanders; Brigadier Derek Horsford; ;	Abd al-Karim Qasim
Strength
HM's British Armed Forces Kuwait Army, Air Force	Iraqi Armed Forces

Operation Vantage was a British military operation in 1961 to support the newly independent state of Kuwait against territorial claims by its neighbour, Iraq. The UK reacted to a call for protection from Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait, and air, sea and land forces were in place within days. Iraq did not attack and the British forces were replaced by the Arab League. Following a coup in Iraq, the new government recognised Kuwaiti independence in 1963, although it was never ratified thus remained unbinding and was later rejected by the revolutionary command leading to more border disputes in the future.^[4]

^ A. Hassouna, Hussein (1975). The League of Arab States and Regional Disputes: A Study of Middle East Conflicts. Oceana Publications. ISBN 9780379002904.
^ White, Christopher J; Robinson, Peter (2008–2010). "Gulf War Part 1: Operation Vantage". Historical RFA. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 16 Jan 2010.
^ Cite error: The named reference rrgp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Khadduri, Majid (2001). War in the Gulf, 1990-91. Oxford University Press. pp. 71–72. ISBN 9780199923861.

[1] A. Hassouna, Hussein (1975). The League of Arab States and Regional Disputes: A Study of Middle East Conflicts. Oceana Publications. ISBN 9780379002904.

[2] White, Christopher J; Robinson, Peter (2008–2010). "Gulf War Part 1: Operation Vantage". Historical RFA. Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 16 Jan 2010.

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[4] Khadduri, Majid (2001). War in the Gulf, 1990-91. Oxford University Press. pp. 71–72. ISBN 9780199923861.

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