Battle of Mirbat (1972)

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties Omani/British: 1 killed, 2 wounded
PFLOAG: 21 killed, unknown wounded
gptkbp:combatant Sultan of Oman Armed Forces
Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG)
gptkbp:commemoratedBy annual remembrance by SAS veterans
memorial at SAS headquarters, Hereford
gptkbp:date 19 July 1972
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Mirbat (1972)
gptkbp:location Mirbat, Oman
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:British_Special_Air_Service_(SAS)
Captain Mike Kealy
Fijian SAS soldiers
Sergeant Tommy Tobin
Talaiasi Labalaba
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Dhofar_Rebellion
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Omani_Civil_War
British military involvement in Oman
gptkbp:result Omani/British victory
gptkbp:significance demonstrated effectiveness of SAS in counter-insurgency
boosted morale of Omani government forces
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mirbat
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8