Talk:Coconut War

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THis is a terrible article. The name of the war is only one europeans would conjure up. Further, to describe it as a "war" is wholly misleading. Please also note that the British sent the Royal Marines and I believe the French sent paratroopers. I can vouch for the former as my mum used to invite all the young british soldiers round for lunch. THere was also an uprising/trouble on tanna (one of the southern islands). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.124.243 (talk) 00:21, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I agree that this article is incomplete (or maybe deliberately skewed for personal reasons), the French did not want direct British involvement, but the British did send troops (Royal Marines (as Infantry), Royal Engineers, Royal Signals and other attached units in small numbers and the Royal Air Force (RAF)). I can verify this as I was one of the said Royal Signals soldiers, we were based at Malapoa College. In addition to a personal testament numerous articles have been written by many newspapers (some globally famous, others not so) including one headline along the lines of "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" referring to a midday run of military personal, in uniform to show our arrival to the local population.

British troops were deployed to Espiritu Santu and provided security up to, and just after, independence, the PNG troops came afterwards. 173.55.253.109 (talk) 18:16, 10 September 2011 (UTC)--173.55.253.109 (talk) 18:16, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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I cannot find my sources, but my notes are that 100 French paras and 100 British marines landed on July 24. Under the terms of the Condominium there was a balanced number from each power. Because of political interference these forces achieved little other than souveniring the rebel flag before they departed. The important thing they did was re-open the airport so that the 278-man Kumul Force from Papua-New Guinea under Tony Huai could land and end the revolt when they captured the rebel HQ at Fanafo 31 August taking 200 prisoners, for the cost of one (PNG) wounded, and the killing of Jimmy Stevens' son 28 August. It is also possible that one islander died in the initial revolt, shot with a bow and arrow by a rebel. There is no record of any Solomon Islands involvement, and that reference should be deleted. 02:23, 21 March 2020 (UTC)Noel Ellis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noel Ellis (talk • contribs)

Vemerana or Vemarana?
I've seen both spellings, not sure which is correct. 'Vemerana' gets 4,560  Google hits, 'Vemarana' 3,400. If anybody could get hold of some original source material from the time (official Nagriamel press releases etc.) that might clear it up.WisDom-UK (talk) 18:50, 28 August 2020 (UTC)