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Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961 - helicopters leaving HMS Bulwark

Britain's spearhead in Kuwait - men of 42 Marine Commando embarking in helicopters of H.M.S. Bulwark to land in Kuwait in July 1961 in support of the Sheikh's request for reinforcement against the Iraqi threat posed by General Kassem

Picture No
11936771
Media ID
46076076
Size
4812px x 6857px (7.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Page from The Illustrated London News, 8 July 1961
Date
1961

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