Withdrawal from East of Suez
1968–1971 · Event
Harold Wilson announces that British forces will leave the Persian Gulf and South-East Asia; the Gulf protectorates are given up in 1971.
On these timelines: British Empire, North Africa, United Kingdom (combined), Master, Cold War
More from British Empire
- Company rule in India (1757)
- Early English settlement of North America (1585)
- Victoria becomes Empress of India (1876)
- Equiano's Interesting Narrative (1789)
- Cecil Rhodes (1853)
- Morant Bay Rebellion (1865)
- London Declaration creates the modern Commonwealth (1949)
- Black Week (1899)
Around 1968
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- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- The Beatles (1960)