PropertyValue
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Operation Sheepskin
owl:sameAs
prov:wasDerivedFrom
skos:prefLabel
  • Operation Sheepskin
skos:altLabel
  • 1969 emergency
  • British troops returned to occupy the island
  • Occupied by the United Kingdom
  • a contingent
  • peacefully landed
  • 300 British troops were subsequently sent in March 1969
clgo:causalties
  • None
clgo:combatant
  • United Kingdom
clgo:commander
clgo:place
clgo:result
  • British rule re-established.
clgo:strength
  • Anguilla Police
  • 2Royal Navyfrigates, 300 troops of theParachute Regimentand 22 police officers