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End of Empire
Season 1 · Episode 9
Aden
0.052mJune 10, 1985
Britain thought it could hang on to Aden after giving independence to all its principal colonies in Asia and Africa. But the Egyptian-inspired Arabs proved fierce opponents, and the British made a hurried escape by helicopter.
Episodes
- Episode 1The Beginning of the End
- Episode 2India: Engine of War
- Episode 3India: The Muslim Card
- Episode 4India: Divide and Quit
- Episode 5Malaya
- Episode 6Palestine
- Episode 7Iran
- Episode 8Egypt
- Episode 9Aden
- Episode 10Cyprus
- Episode 11The Gold Coast
- Episode 12Kenya
- Episode 13The Rider and the Horse
- Episode 14Rhodesia