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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description | Crater , also Kraytar, is a district of the 'Adan Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera (Arabic: صيرة Ṣīrah). It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. In 1991, the population was 70,319. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people. In the closing days of British rule in 1967, Crater District became the focus of the Aden Emergency, sometimes called the last imperial war. Against a scene of rival Arab nationalists competing for sovereignty, a British infantry battalion marched into the Crater with a pipe-band playing traditional regimental tunes, and managed to occupy the whole district overnight without a single casualty - an achievement which the top brass had declared impossible. To the British at home, now able to view military operations live from the battlefield for the first time, this made a dramatic finale to the imperial story, and the officer who led the invasion (Lt. Col. Colin Mitchell of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) went down in history with the affectionate nickname Mad Mitch. |
| Height | 140.00 mm |
| Width | 90.00 mm |
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