Operation Lucky Alphonse | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
EOKA | British Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Georgios Grivas | Brigadier Geoffrey Baker | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 5,000–20,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 30+ |
Operation Lucky Alphonse was a failed British Armed Forces operation that occurred during the EOKA insurgency in Cyprus.[1] The British military sustained more than 30 casualties. Albeit almost all casualties were sustained from an accidental forest fire.[2]