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Hoping to regain control of foreign policy ceded to the British at the Treaty of Gandamak 1879 and to divert attention from internal strife, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanullah_Khan Amir Amanullah Khan] invaded India on 3 May 1919. Military action took place mostly in the Khyber Pass but Kabul was bombed by the Royal Air Force and the Afghans attacked Thal. The Afghan forces were driven from British Indian territory and the Treaty of Rawalpindi on 8 August ended the British subsidy to Afghanistan which regained the right to conduct its own foreign affairs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_Line The Durand Line] defining the border between Afghanistan and the North West Frontier was re-affirmed. | Hoping to regain control of foreign policy ceded to the British at the Treaty of Gandamak 1879 and to divert attention from internal strife, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanullah_Khan Amir Amanullah Khan] invaded India on 3 May 1919. Military action took place mostly in the Khyber Pass but Kabul was bombed by the Royal Air Force and the Afghans attacked Thal. The Afghan forces were driven from British Indian territory and the Treaty of Rawalpindi on 8 August ended the British subsidy to Afghanistan which regained the right to conduct its own foreign affairs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_Line The Durand Line] defining the border between Afghanistan and the North West Frontier was re-affirmed. | ||
==British Library holdings== | |||
*''The Third Afghan War 1919 Official Account'', with maps, by General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, published 1926 Calcutta. A reprint of this book may be bought through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843427990 FIBIS Shop] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://www.military-times.co.uk/articles/map-of-the-third-afghan-war.htm Map of the Third Afghan War] Military Times | *[http://www.military-times.co.uk/articles/map-of-the-third-afghan-war.htm Map of the Third Afghan War] Military Times | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 12 June 2012
Summary
| 3rd Afghan War | |
|---|---|
| 6 May – 8 August 1919 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| Location: Afghanistan | |
| Combatants: | |
| British Army | Afghan regular forces |
| Result: British subsidy dicontinued Afghans regained control of foreign policy Border with British India confirmed | |
| Medals: India General Service Medal (1909) Clasp:Afghanistan NWF 1919 | |
| Links: | |
| Category: 3rd Afghan War | |
Hoping to regain control of foreign policy ceded to the British at the Treaty of Gandamak 1879 and to divert attention from internal strife, Amir Amanullah Khan invaded India on 3 May 1919. Military action took place mostly in the Khyber Pass but Kabul was bombed by the Royal Air Force and the Afghans attacked Thal. The Afghan forces were driven from British Indian territory and the Treaty of Rawalpindi on 8 August ended the British subsidy to Afghanistan which regained the right to conduct its own foreign affairs. The Durand Line defining the border between Afghanistan and the North West Frontier was re-affirmed.
British Library holdings
- The Third Afghan War 1919 Official Account, with maps, by General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, published 1926 Calcutta. A reprint of this book may be bought through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
External Links
- Map of the Third Afghan War Military Times
- Third Anglo-Afghan War Wikipedia
- Third Anglo-Afghan War Google Books
- 2/153rd Punjabis in the 3rd Afghan War www.king-emperor.com
- Asymmetry in Afghanistan - the poison gas option The Serving Soldier website
- The Third Afghan War Taken from the New Statesman archive, 16 August 1919.
- Colonial Control On A Shoestring — The RAF Experience by Maj Michael J. Petersen includes a section "The Third Afghan War and the Northwest Frontier, 1919-1920" Warandgame.com