Operations in Waziristan

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Operations in Waziristan
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: November 1936 - December 1937
Location: Waziristan, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 33.542357°N 70.326721°E
Result: Submission of tribesmen
Combatants
British & Indians Waziri tribesmen
Commanders
Gen Sir John Coleridge Fakir of Ipi
Strength
Up to 60,000 regular and irregular troops 4,000 tribesmen
Casualties

External links

Waziristan campaign (1936–1939) Wikipedia
Waziristan 1937-1939 (9 page pdf) by Lieut Colonel H E M Newman The Royal Engineer Journal Volume 95, number 2, 1984