A military coup overthrows the royalist government…

1962 CE

A military coup overthrows the royalist government in Yemen in 1962.

Nasser intervenes to support the new republican government against the Saudi Arabia-backed royalists, who are attempting to regain control.

This undertaking will prove to be a great drain on Egypt's financial and military resources

At the height of its involvement, Egypt will have seventy-five thousand troops in Yemen.

Egypt's intervention also increases inter-Arab tensions, especially between Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Egypt's defeat at the hands of Israel in the June 1967 War will oblige it to withdraw its forces from Yemen and to seek peace.

A settlement will be achieved at a conference in Khartoum in 1967.

Locations
Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

People
Gamal Abdel Nasser View →

Groups
Arab people View → Arab nationalism View → Yemen, Mutawakkilite Kingdom of (North Yemen) View → Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of View → Egypt, Arab Republic of View → United Arab Republic (U.A.R.; Arab Republic of Egypt) View → North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic) View → Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) View →

Topics
Cold War View → North Yemen Civil War View →

Subjects
Mayhem View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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