Operation Vantage

Operation Vantage 1961
Part of Iraq-Kuwait relations and the 1961 Independence of Kuwait
HMS Victorious taking part in Operation Vantage in support of Kuwait in July 1961.
Date 1 July 1961 Location Kuwait Result Iraq recognised Kuwait in 1963
Belligerents
Kuwait United Kingdom	Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah Her Majesty's British Armed Forces Harold Macmillan Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma HM's Royal Naval Commanders HM's Royal Air Force Commanders HM's Army Commanders	Abd al-Karim Qasim
Strength
Kuwait Army Kuwait Air Force Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade Kuwait 6th Mechanized Brigade Directorate of Public Security Force HM's British Armed Forces	Iraqi Armed Forces

Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah
Her Majesty's British Armed Forces

Kuwait Army

Directorate of Public Security Force

Operation Vantage was a British military operation in 1961 to support the newly independent state of Kuwait against territorial claims by its neighbour, Iraq. The UK reacted to a call for protection from Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait, and air, sea and land forces were in place within days. Iraq did not attack and the British forces were replaced by the Arab League. Iraq recognised Kuwaiti independence in 1963.

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