The Dhofar War (also known as the Dhofar Rebellion) took place from 1963 to 1976 in the province of Dhofar against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The...
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Oman (section Dhofar War)
Dhofar War, which began in 1963, pro-Soviet forces were pitted against government troops. As the rebellion threatened the Sultan's control of Dhofar,...
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman (category Dhofar War)
Tahrir Dhofar, DLF) which was based in Dhofar, the southern province of Oman. It was founded in 1962 by the Dhofar Benevolent Society (DBS), the Dhofar Soldiers’...
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The Dhofar Governorate (Arabic: مُحَافَظَة ظُفَّار, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Ẓuffār) is the largest of the 11 governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in terms...
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Qaboos bin Said in Oman on 23 July 1970. Occurring in the midst of the Dhofar War, the palace coup was executed with the British and saw Sultan Said bin...
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Dhofar Liberation Front (DLF) (Arabic: جبهة تحرير ظفار) was a communist front that was established to create a separatist state in Dhofar, the southern...
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Ranulph Fiennes (category British military personnel of the Dhofar War)
extensive active service in the Dhofar Rebellion. He led several raids deep into rebel-held territory on the Djebel Dhofar and was decorated for bravery...
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Battle of Mirbat (category Dhofar War)
targeting an Omani government position during the Dhofar Rebellion in the town of Mirbat, Oman. During the Dhofar Rebellion, Britain assisted the Omani government...
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Keith Payne (category People of the Dhofar War)
with the Sultan of Oman's Royal Army against communist forces in the Dhofar War in 1975 and 1976. Payne joined the Legion of Frontiersmen in 1975 and...
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History of Oman (redirect from Oman in World War II)
amnesty to all surrendering rebels while vigorously prosecuting the war in Dhofar. He obtained direct military support from the UK, imperial Iran, and...
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