Yemenite War of 1979

North & South Yemen

Date

24 February – 19 March 1979

Location

North Yemen-South Yemen border

Result

Kuwait Agreement

No territorial changes
Yemen's re-pledge ambition to unify

Belligerents

North Yemen Supported by:
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
United States
Taiwan
Iraq

Egypt

South Yemen
National Democratic Front
Supported by:
Soviet Union
Cuba
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Libya

Syria

Commanders and leaders

Ali Abdullah Saleh

Abdel Fattah Ismail

Units involved

1 Yemeni Army Division
1 Air Defence Brigade
2 Air Force squadrons - 12 aircraft
1 Mechanised Brigade (late entry)

3 PDRY Army Divisions
1 Air Force Tactical Regiment (4 MiG-21 and Su-22 Squadrons - 30 aircraft)

Strength

300,000 total
18,000 in theater
2100 Tanks total
350 Tanks in theater

120,000 total
45,000 in theater
900 Tanks total
300 Tanks in theater

Casualties and losses

576 ground troops KIA, 824 POW
6 MiG-21 aircraft destroyed on ground, 4 MiG-17 shot down in combat, 1 pilot POW; 2 Mil Mi-24s and 5 Mil Mi-17s destroyed on ground
38 T-55 and T-62 Tanks destroyed
16 SA-3 and 5 SA-6 launchers destroyed; 34 P-15 radars destroyed

412 ground troops KIA, 125 POW
12 T-55 Tanks destroyed
2 Su-22s downed in combat, both crews POW.

Kuwait Agreement

North Yemen Supported by:
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
United States
Taiwan
Iraq

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