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A Lockheed Hudson at RAF Yundum. During the Second World War (1939–1945), the Gambia was part of the British Empire as the Gambia Colony and Protectorate.At the outbreak of war between the British Empire and Nazi Germany in September 1939, the Gambia was home to the Gambia Company of the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF).
The Gambia Regiment was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces regiment raised in the Gambia Colony and Protectorate that existed between 1901 and 1958. Known as the Gambia Company from 1901 to 1939 and from 1945 to 1950, its strength fluctuated from peacetime and wartime, peaking at two battalions during World War II.
The military history of The Gambia spans from the earliest colonial contact in the 1500s through to the present day. Although it is currently one of the least militarized countries in the world, The Gambia has seen various colonial conflicts, and has contributed soldiers to Britain in World War I and World War II as part of the Gambia Regiment.
HMS Gambia (pennant number 48, later C48) was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was in the service of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) as HMNZS Gambia from 1943 to 1946. She was named after the then Crown colony of the Gambia , and has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.
The River Gambia was the principal route of navigation and transport inland, with a port at Bathurst. The road network was mainly concentrated around Bathurst, with the remaining areas largely connected by dirt roads. The only airport was at Yundum, built in World War II. [7] In the immediate post-war era it was used for passenger flights.
The River Gambia was the principal route of navigation and transport inland, with a port at Bathurst. The road network was mainly concentrated around Bathurst, with the remaining areas largely connected by dirt roads. The only airport was at Yundum, built in World War II. [21] Post war it was used for passenger flights.
Polish officers of the Gambia Regiment during World War II. From left to right: Lt. Adam Grzywacz, Lt. Weisław Bułkowski, Captain Jan Żeleźnik, Major Stanislaw Lisiecki. In peacetime the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF) had numbered five battalions of infantry, but during the war increased to several dozen plus ancillaries.
Gambia (until 2017) Senegal Guinea-Bissau (Vieira government, 1998–99) [2] Non-combat support: Morocco: Ceasefire. Unilateral ceasefire; ongoing low-level violence. 1994 Gambian coup d'état (1994) Government of the Gambia: Gambian military faction Coup attempt succeeds: 2014 Gambian coup d'état attempt (2014) Gambian Government. Military of ...