Word: akrotiri
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...professional British soldiers and airmen estimated to be on the island, this made a sizable striking force for airborne action should a lunge toward Suez or Cairo be ordered. The British maintained a tight security shutdown, and it was impossible for correspondents to judge the degree of activity at Akrotiri air base. Middle East headquarters of the Royal Air Force, which sits on an arid, dusty plain on the southernmost peninsula of the island. But at the east coast port of Famagusta ten ships were quietly and efficiently unloaded, their cargoes quickly moved out of the dock area. The French...