Operation Lucky Alphonse

Operation Lucky Alphonse
Part of Cyprus Emergency
Date 7 June 1956 - 23 June 1956 Location Troodos Mountains, Cyprus Result EOKA victory
Belligerents
EOKA	British Empire
Commanders and leaders
Georgios Grivas	Brigadier Geoffrey Baker
Units involved
Mountain Group	British Armed Forces[1][2] Royal Marines The Parachute Regiment The Gordon Highlanders The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry The South Staffordshire Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Horse Guards The RAF Regiment HMS Diamond C Company of the 1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry
Strength
Unknown	5,000–20,000
Casualties and losses
	30+

Operation Lucky Alphonse was a failed British Armed Forces operation that occurred during the EOKA insurgency in Cyprus.^[3] The British military sustained more than 30 casualties. Albeit almost all casualties were sustained from an accidental forest fire.^[4]