Operation Lucky Alphonse

Operation Lucky Alphonse
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
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]