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Operation Lucky Alphonse
| Operation Lucky Alphonse | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 EOKA |
 British Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Georgios Grivas |
 Brigadier Geoffrey Baker | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 5,000–20,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 30+ | ||||||
Operation Lucky Alphonse was a failed British Armed Forces operation that occurred during the EOKA insurgency in Cyprus.[1] The British military sustained more than 30 casualties. Albeit almost all casualties were sustained from an accidental forest fire.[2]
- ^ "Norfolks' horrors and heroism in Cyprus Emergency". Eastern Daily Press. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "CYPRUS: Fire & Smoke". Time. 1956-07-02. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
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