Anglo – Afghan War Trilogy
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Objectives
Brief Overview of :
Anglo Afghan War One (1839-1842)
Anglo Afghan War Two (1878 -1880)
Anglo Afghan War Three (1919)
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Introduction
Whilst lacking in key naturalresources, Afghanistan is akey transit route in the MiddleEast
Strategically important toboth British occupied Indiaand to the Russians
The battle for control ofAfghanistan is often called theGreat Game
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Anglo-Afghan War I
1839-1842
More commonly referred to as
Aucklands Folly or an UnmitigatedDisaster
Featuring the following key players
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Lord Auckland
The guy with the idea
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Shah ShujahThe preferred candidate
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DostMohammed
Apparently the Bad Guy
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Muhammad Akbar Khan
The Apparent Bad Guys Son
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Dr William Brydon
Chuck Norris Great Grandfather
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The Beginning
Territorial disagreements betweenAuckland and Dost
Herat besieged by Persian (Iranian)army backed by Russians
Auckland decides to pre-emptivelystrike to protect India from invasion
Overall plan to replace Dost by ShahShuja using force
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The Middle
20,000 troops enter via Bolan & Kojak
passes
Kandahar taken with ease
Garrisons at Qalat and Ghanzi defended by
troops commanded by Khan Khans troops destroyed
Dost flees to the Hindu Kush and then
captured Shah Shujah installed as leader but is
unpopular
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Middle - 2
Insurgency increases
British decide to leave and agree to withdraw
Too hasty and leave with no Afghan providedFP
Smashed in the mountains on the way toJalabad by Ghanzi hill tribe warriors
Chuck Norris is the only one to make it
After the fall of Kabul, Khan lays siege toJalabad
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The End
Shuja lasts in power until killed in 1842
British retaliate and push to Kabul torescue hostages and burn the Bazaar
All that was achieved was 20-25K deadand a ruined market
Dost is freed and returns as leader ofAfghanistan
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Anglo Afghan War II
1878 -1880
Similar theme to the previous conflict
Feature the following key players
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Sher Ali
Dosts Son
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Abdur Rahman
Yakubs Cousin
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Lord LyttonViceroy to India
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Major General Roberts
The Hero with a Hero Tash
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The Beginning
Dost rules until he dies in 1863
Succeeded by his son, Sher Ali.
Negotiations break down with theBritish
Ali allows a Russian political contingentinto Kabul but refuses the British
British delegation enters via Kyber passbut is refused entry
So Lytton sends troops
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The Middle
Troops aim to dominate Indian-Afghan
Border
Kandahar & Kyber and Kurram passes taken
Sher Ali flees Kabul but dies of heart attack
Succeeded by Yakub Khan Khan agrees to British demands in return for
support
Treaty of Gandamak signed
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Middle - 2
Afghan Army soldiers mutiny and demand
payback from British
British refuse
British envoy residence in Kabul destroyed
including 200 residents killed. Roberts appointed as commander and sent
to search & destroy those responsible
Roberts re-occupies Kabul after immensefighting
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The End
British replace Khan with his cousinRahman
Khans brother is upset and lays siegeto Kandahar
Roberts is a hero again and re-takesKandahar
Rahmans reign is secure and stable
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Anglo Afghan War III
May 1919 Aug 1919
Feature the following key players
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Amanullah Khan
Rahmans Succesor
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The RAF
No Comment.
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The TA
STABs do war!
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The Beginning
Rahman rules until he dies in 1902
Succeeded by Amanullah Khan
Amanullah breaks the treaty ofGandamak in 1919
Declares a Jihad on the British
Tries to re-take British held border
areas, assuming the British would bewar-weary after WW1
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The Middle
Afghan forces take the British by surprise
Due to WW1 many British regulars areunavailable so the TA are used
Air power is now used as a force multiplier
Battles soon reach stalemate Unable to take the continued aerial attack,
Amanullah agrees to come to the negotiatingtable
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The End
1000 Afghan deaths, 2000 British andColonial deaths
Treaty of Rawalpindi signed
Durand line re-affirmed as the political
boundary
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Summary
Brief Overview of :
Anglo Afghan War One (1839-1842)
Anglo Afghan War Two (1878 -1880)
Anglo Afghan War Three (1919)
Including :
Key Events
Dates
Players
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Any Questions?
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