The Egyptian-Yemen War (1962-67): Egyptian perspectives on Guerrilla warfare.

From: Infantry Magazine | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Aboul-Enein, Youssef | Copyright information

Egyptian military historians refer to their war in Yemen as their Vietnam. President Nasser began by sending a battalion of Special Forces and in the end committed 55,000 troops--all in an effort to sustain a revolution of Yemeni officers who brought an end to a tyrannical and medieval Hamiduddin dynasty. This five-year conflict offers many lessons from the Yemeni officers, who were sent to Egypt and Iraq for military training only to return with Nasserist, nationalist and Baathist ...

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