| Operation Broadshare | |
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| Part of COVID-19 pandemic | |
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| Location | |
| Objective | Maintain public order, assist public services and civilian authorities in tackling the Coronavirus outbreak. |
| Date | 23 March 2020 – |
| Executed by |  United Kingdom |
| Part of a series on the |
| COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies |
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| (Part of the global COVID-19 pandemic) |
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Operation Broadshare is the code name for the British military operation to address the COVID-19 pandemic overseas, primarily in the British Overseas Territories (BOTs) and British overseas military bases.[1][2][3] The operation runs in parallel to a similar military operation in the United Kingdom, named Operation Rescript.
The operation was launched in March 2020 when COVID-19 cases were first being identified in all of the inhabited Overseas Territories, with the exception of the Pitcairn Islands. It began with repatriation flights for British citizens stranded overseas due to COVID-19 travel restrictions and later involved the delivery of medical supplies, personal protective equipment, military medics and Security Assistance Teams (SATs). Under this operation, the military helped to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to affected territories beginning in January 2021, with the first three batches being delivered to Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.
- ^ "Fighting an invisible enemy at home and overseas". Ministry of Defence. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Broadshare And Rescript: What Are The UK's Coronavirus Military Operations?". Forces.net. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Haynes, Deborah (19 March 2020). "Coronavirus: Up to 20,000 troops on standby to help deal with COVID-19 outbreak". Sky News. Retrieved 26 March 2020.