Op TOSCA: INSIDE The Cyprus Buffer Zone With Reservists On Peacekeeping Duty | Forces TV

Around 240 reservists from 7 Rifles and 5 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers make up the battlegroup deployed on Op Tosca where UK troops are acting as UN peacekeepers in Cyprus patrolling the buffer zone in Nicosia. The country has remained in limbo for decades as a resolution between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots has so far failed to materialise.
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[@pewpewpew5892]

Illegal parking. The most intense moment since the actual war 50 years ago.

[@nikos327]

Not really Pewpew. There were the two killings at Dherinya in 1996 and the old bloke shot dead as he picked snails on the border a few years later. I can see you were trying to be funny, but come on, it's a serious situation.

[@eclipsegfxable]

@@nikos327 lmao stfu

[@NovaPtl]

lmao they also wrote him a ticket, komşu is satisfied.

[@devintariel3769]

@@nikos327 are you a cypriot

[@scudb5509]

Nikos Solomou Compared to Afghanistan this is a resort my friend.

[@falseprofit4u]

I spoke with an Australian soldier who served with UN peacekeeping forces ,,,, best holiday he ever had.

[@dszxnavtiisx6384]

Yes Cyprus is amazing and the Greek Cypriot part is very prosperous so amazing holiday time for them

[@menumlor9432]

Fun fact: Last year I found an unopened Coca-Cola bottle left untouched since 1974 in the buffer zone. Obviously, I left it alone.

[@Gtasks]

I would sell it on eBay for 20 bucks

[@SATYAGRAHI1888CELTIC]

Such luck Turks didn's steal it either.

[@scootertrash911]

Lads had to put their Swiss Army knives in their lockers before going on patrol, no weapons. I have to carry a sidearm while cutting grass in my yard.

[@aaronhocking347]

Murica?

[@DontKnow-lz1vh]

@@aaronhocking347 where else?

[@ragganyc]

Don't Know South Africa🙀

[@evanph4641]

They are just patrolling the green zone they are not an army they are a UN peacekeeping force, i sit on a post on the greek side with a rifle next to the zone so we see them wandering inside every once in a while

[@evanph4641]

Forgot to mention we refer to this buffer zone as a green zone here in Cyprus

[@Logan11thMEU]

longest peacekeeping mission - it’s basically a holiday isn’t it

[@donarw1064]

it is not actually since Greece and Turkey are on the brink of war , but one thing is for sure , British troops there will assist the Turks as they did in 1974

[@Devillunar]

​@@donarw1064 Why should Greece or Turkey would want a war? Both are mountainous countries which makes land war very costly and both are naval warfare would be costly too. Erdoğan is a populist and says anything that would make his votes higher. What ever Erdoğan would say about Greece, Turkey would not go to war with Greece. And Erdoğan doesn't even talk about Greece. So I don't get from where you get the idea of "brick of war"?

[@spartan9540]

@@Devillunar Did Erdogan not mention throwing the Greeks into the sea ? Even claiming islands in the Aegean

[@secretman9120]

@@spartan9540 That is a not aegean sea.Truth name is islands sea.

[@Devillunar]

​@@spartan9540 This was years ago. And as I said don't take Erdoğan's words seriously. He often challenges Greece, Europe and even the USA and Russia. Not to provoke the other countries (which he naturally does as a side effect) but to be seen as a leader that can stand up against foreign powers (!). He is a populist and takes no blame for anything he does. It is always someone else's fault that the economy is crappy, the currency is rubbish and unemployment numbers are skyrocketing into the sky. And making Greece a scapegoat isn't a new thing really. He will make very often other countries as scapegoats. Erdoğan has trapped Turkey's army in Syria and Libya. So no worries, no war eminent between Turkey and Greece, Turkey couldn't even afford it. Oh by the way declaring war on Greece would mean triggering the defense agreement of the EU. And even though he acts like it, he isn't that dumb.

[@ronlancs1874]

50 thousand people used to live here... Now it’s just a ghost town

[@elaminmochichi7767]

Where they go

[@caroftw1772]

Aethelstan of England ahahahahaha lol funny racist joke 😂 👌 XDDDD

[@eclipsegfxable]

@Aethelstan of England Based.

[@caswallon1415]

@Joe IT IS AN European Conflict-BBC reckons ARMENIA is in "Europe"

[@nikos327]

Ron - this video was all about the buffer zone in Nicosia. You're confusing it with the deserted city of Famagusta (where I lived until the war in 1974). It's half amusing and half disappointing that the contributors below know so little about it and have jumped to the conclusion that it must be something to do with Islam. It isn't.

[@nostro1940]

These troops are living a great tourist life! After their day is done, they go to a nice restaurant in a cyprus beach

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

*on

[@dmacarthur5356]

I was today years old when I learned the the 7th Rifles do not actually carry rifles when when patrolling Cyprus.

[@jacobchevalier1909]

HOW TF YOU GONNA KEEP PEACE IF YOU CANT KILL NOBODY!!!!

[@bananabestfruit]

They usually do. They also drive around with a mounted .50 cal. on a vehicle.

[@lockdowneunos502]

@@bananabestfruit Not within a UN Peacekeeping zone...

[@bananabestfruit]

@@lockdowneunos502 I've seen them lol

[@lockdowneunos502]

Alex Constantinou It wouldn’t have been inside the peacekeeping zone recently

[@vtec8000xrpm]

Very kindhearted of the UN to pay for the old lady's funeral. Even in the most hostile parts of the world, there is still an abundance of love and respect for our elderly. Something we can all appreciate about those polite Cannucks and Brits lol.

[@TrueOG591]

Yhh after they tale over the country and kill half of the ppl yhh for sure they are bery kind lol :)

[@synovialpig9983]

man... the new ArmA III campaign’s looking great!

[@roymarshall_]

Shame they nerfed all firearms though

[@ianburit3705]

Thank you for this story, its sadness mixed with the pride of one woman Annie bless her.

[@CaspianWint-dn6nj]

I was walking that exact patrol route in 1988 in Nicosia as part of UNFICYP (A Coy 3PPCLI), the Canadian Sector had all of Nicosia and a bit of farm land to the West. Quite a bit different then, we were always armed, both Greek and Turkish troop were visible and active, all kinds of incidents ranging from rocks and sling shots to the outright sneak occupation of a building in the buffer zone by Turkish Forces. There were a number of shooting incidents as well. All of the OPs were manned 24 hours. Before arriving in Cyprus, I had the opinion that the Turks were the bad guy, the aggressor and the poor little Greek was the good guy. It took me about a week to realize that the exact opposite was true, the Greeks had been oppressing the Turkish minority, beatings, murders, discrimination in employment, housing and movement. Turkey warned the Greeks, the US, the UK and the UN before 1974 that if the situation was not dealt with, the Turkish WOULD deal with it. The coup in Athens in 1974 was the last straw, and rest, they say, is history.

[@aristarxosomegas]

Really? Unfortunately, you just heard and believed only one side of the story....

[@valentinovrahimis6838]

@@aristarxosomegas Yup he is extremely one sided shame people fall for that and believe the first things they see or hear...

[@ginrr3739]

@@valentinovrahimis6838 EOKA was formed to eradicate the Turks off the island. Greeks started it. They killed a lot more than Turks ever did. Also you wanted Enosis, into Greece, which recently had become a junta. Say, a Cyprus with crazed fascists kills lots of Turks. What would a Cyprus with crazed fascists aided by a military junta do? Genocide. Turkey had every right to intervene and they did. The world doesn't think the intervention is illegal; Because it wasn't. What's illegal is the continued existence of TRNC, but even that is because the republic of Cyprus refuses to compromise. TRNC was recognized globally up untill 1984 when it was declared the Republic of Cyprus was the legitimate state. It is Cyprus' fault TRNC still exists to this day. TRNC wants a federated state. Cyprus wants to annex it.

[@spartan9540]

Who cares what an outsider thinks anyway? Maybe learn about the historical events that occurred in the island hundreds of years before or focus on stopping your 'Western' lands from becoming African/Asian strongholds lol

[@thanmad]

@@ginrr3739 Enosis has always been a pre-independence goal for Cyprus, even in the early 1900s. Now onto EOKA, you are clearly referring to EOKA B, a far right organization which was formed under the auspices of the Junta Government and they did kill Greeks. On the other side, there were the Gray Wolves, another far right Islamist organization which, after the Invasion acted as the deep state of the false entity you call TRNC, who as well killed Turks. Both of these organizations were capable of committing genocide. P. S. Both your Otonom Kıbrıs Türk Yönetimi and Kıbrıs Türk Federe Devleti were never recognized by international organizations. You nominally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus in 1983-it's on your CoA.

[@1Loftwing1]

I've been to Cyprus twice it's a lovely place

[@G82_M]

Action packed patrol with numerous incidents. 😂

[@nikos327]

Thankfully all quiet on the Northern Front Jack.

[@Normalguy1690]

Cyprus great place to visit absolutely loved my visit and lovely people.

[@michaelellard4664]

Very interesting. It many, many years since I stayed there.

[@joelangley7974]

“Those skills” what asking someone to move their car??

[@thomasdee02]

"Do you have what it takes to be a British infantry officer?"

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@thomasdee02 ''Yes, I once told a civilian he had parked in a manner which hindered traffic and he moved his car''

[@annrobinson6643]

Brilliant video thanks I used to work for HQ UNFICYP 1979 to 81..........

[@markieman64]

Brilliant! What a fascinating view into the past with that one!

[@hipsu555]

Looks more like an holiday. Only 2 guys, no armor, no guns, nothing.

[@thomascrabtree]

It would be a violation of international law to take arms into a UN peacekeeping zone. It would give Turkey casus belli to complete their invasion.

[@021Artyman]

Was odd that they had no weapons...I was there Sept 92 with 1RCHA (Canada)|...we carried weapons when we patrolled and manned the Ops.

[@021Artyman]

@@thomascrabtree I was there in 92...and we carried weapons ....

[@zimbabwe-wz5iw]

@@021Artyman interesting. How tense was it with the turkish soldiers?

[@tz4217]

@Haschbert Goldstein bruj

[@johnnybb3410]

Lived in Limassol 70-73 Dad was in the RAF very scary days I remember bombs going off. We had to move back to the UK. very sad hopefully the Cypriots will reclaim their land and live in peace.

[@midsue]

Interesting report about UN peacekeepers and the current situation in Cyprus.

[@ScienceChap]

I was there... 2002 - 2003. Showed BFBS around back then with a former Big Brother contestant...!

[@Jammy66]

Excellent work by the Army Reserves.

[@aaronhocking347]

I like how Greece and Turkey are both in NATO to

[@metinokur142]

Turkey joined for blocking Russians. Greece Taken to NATO because someone must proctect them from Turkey

[@Archangel106GR]

@@metinokur142 You wish..

[@giwrgostragoulias7981]

@@metinokur142 hahah protect from what you? 😂😂 Greece joined first in Nato but that doesnt matter😂

[@horror11]

@@metinokur142 nato will never protect greece, greece is alone but it doesnt matter, i mean its just turks, they couldnt even take cyprus against underarmed cypriot militia forces and even when greece did not send troops for support because the americans had ordered the new mp to back off . if cyprus would have been part of greece at that day , there would have been surely no turkey anymore and noone could have ordered a stand down.

[@knightrider693]

@@metinokur142 noone needs protection from 🇹🇷 lol 😆

[@zoomintrackout1]

Technically, the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) is the longest running peacekeeping operation. It’s been going since 1948. It was also the first one.

[@davepearce6359]

Very interesting film. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe all. 👍🏻

[@philippickford2429]

Lovely Holiday.....Thank You UN..xx

[@superertert]

A- Oh cameras, quick act like this is serious mission B- *Yawns* A- Or they will call you back from this holiday B- Yes sir, situation is now under control. Section A, C and D are clear. Investigating B.

[@soniacook2991]

I was in Cyprus dhekilla 2002 for 2 years with my husbands Regiment had my son in RAF Akrotiri military hospital

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Congratulations. It was an interesting place in the 90's and early 2000s. I knew people who had the Cypriot police stop them outside the British bases after committing a crime within the area of the base. These Brits immediately refused any cooperation with the Cypriot police and said they would take the matter to the British authorities if they were given a fine. Not once did the police fine any of these people who knew their rights. It was a bit of a gray area, and you could and can drive through most of the British base areas. Did you have any such experiences or heard about them?

[@nicholasdavies213]

The United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation in Palestine is the oldest mission ongoing, it was set up in 1948 and has its HQ in Jerusalem

[@mikedavy1404]

LOL Cypriots park anywhere!

[@alfiefisher4642]

Well done 7 Rifles and 5 Fusiliers.

[@monkeydank7842]

Could this beautiful woodwork not be saved?

[@845SiM]

We were doing a lion sun back in the in the early 2000’s, a small RLC convoy got lost and crossed the border, was a bit of a flap for a minute. 😂

[@EsBeeQue]

Nothing could be more worse than that...😉

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

What's a lion sun? Also, into which border did you cross? Reminds me of when Switzerland accidentally invaded Lichtenstein.

[@845SiM]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 live fire training. It’s a few weeks long and the do it on a regular basis.

[@jerrycann8006]

Looks like a crunchy number....

[@sk8anddestroy792]

Deep in the heart of Texas

[@cityofplant]

Is this a map in Arma 3?

[@odin9607]

I was Military Policeman in Cyprus in 1962 - 63. Bit different now.

[@hayro252]

With respect, you must be quite old.

[@WilsonMackle101]

My grandfather was over there at the time with the Royal Scots, Tom McGregor

[@jimmymifsud1]

Interesting to see that the UN is using Mototrbo Radios :P

[@craigneal42]

Was a child living in Famagusta, as the son of a serving Royal Signals soldier, when the war broke out, very interesting video.

[@maddingo]

when they make you patrol the buffer zone with no weapons whatsoever. you are basically a meat tripwire. ...also you can tell people "respect" you and your buffer zone when they park in the middle of the way ... also somewhat amusing when your unit name is "7 Rifles" and they won't let you have any guns...

[@paulskvarka5953]

I believe UNTSO in Jerusalem is the longest running UN mission. Also the LT used The wed intervention. Probably UN PC speak for invasion.

[@drob437]

It’s ridiculous those soldiers are not allowed to carry a sidearm.

[@lib556]

We did there for 30 years when it was more tense. Canadians were responsible were for the complete Buffer Zone right through the city and the old airport sine the 74 invasion. All soldiers carried rifles and officers pistols.

[@hipsu555]

@@lib556 If it worked 30 years, why change it now?

[@icantthinkofausername2605]

@@hipsu555 The whole point of the UN missions is peacekeeping. Carrying weapons is typically not conducive to lowering tensions

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@hipsu555 Because the situation has changed in 30 years? How on earth does that not make sense?

[@jakehughes6087]

weird, I used to live here and everything is lively but when you go into the countryside a lot of houses on the border still have shells in them (rarely) and more bullet holes then in French Cheese

[@dszxnavtiisx6384]

That is in the Turkish controlled part tell me where you see this on the Greek Cypriot side ?

[@danieldiaz-cooper226]

Imagine going on patrol unarmed

[@spartan9540]

There is no combat going on...

[@imightbearacist6613]

@@spartan9540 yup, just a UN holiday

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Some police do that in a number of countries.

[@robd9118]

Cyprus will not be unified anytime soon imo

[@paulritchie5868]

Go there every year,majority of the Greek Cypriot population in the south don’t care...

[@evangelosnicolaou4127]

It seems they dont care to tourists. But they really care ,They spend on there army loads of money ,over the last 10 years got friends with Israel. Made a military solidarity alliance with them .the oil which they found is a massive project will join from Israel, Cyprus, greece ,italy.into Europe. So theres a big intrest there .Turkey playing big at the moment because, they are nearly to bankruptcy ,trouble in Syria and Libya. They just made france a enemy, buy bullying a french ship in the med .the turks are counting there days .

[@TheInfamousAlpha]

@SilverOrien Turkey is there because of the Greek Cypriot ethnic cleansing of Turks. Cause and effect.

[@evangelosnicolaou4127]

@Batuhan Batuhan you obviously dont know what your saying or any knowledge of politics. Turkey violets greek aerospace (greek word ) thousand times ,but the fantastic greek pilots one of the best in the world ,kicks them out .unification is on the agenda ,turkish cypriots dont want to be controlled by Turkey anymore.they share everything with the republic of cyprus .they are scared of turkish settlers. Plus turkey has made more enemies, and going bank rupt ,Israel, france ,Greece, russia to ruin turkey ,with help from usa .turkey is going to be like Iraq

[@micheypatsa]

@ADN Cypriots are Greeks.....

[@caswallon1415]

Watch"The Aphrodite Inheritance" here on KZbin for a glimpse of Cyprus 1973-Paphos as a QUIET Fishing village,Nicosia Airport/Varosha-EERIE!

[@pentuplove6542]

The Irish Peacekeepers at Jadotville fought of French business mercenaries/Contractors with no deaths for these men who never saw war. Eventually surrendering. The Head of the UN was assassinated by Federal USA and France while going by plane to arrange a peace. UN Peacekeepers are restricted when if at all they can defend themselves when attacked.

[@l3gionmusic814]

Even in Cyprus I'd be nervous patrolling without a weapon.

[@evangelosnicolaou4127]

You need a weapon in the uk ,Manchester, Birmingham, london not civil cyprus ,remember uk spilt cyprus apart not greece or turkey

[@evangelosnicolaou4127]

@zachie How ,the uk is the west with usa .Cyprus issue was when the cold war .U.S favoured Turkey at the time .why Because turkey ,greece ,United kingdom all in nato.kissinger ordered those countries that cyprus was going to get invaded and controlled by Turkey. How greek junta invaded kicking out Cypriot leader makarios .Then Turkey followed by the actual invasion. The uk stood and watched and only protected there own intrest .after the greeks realised what was happening. They later attacked the turks and stopped the turks taking all of cyprus .

[@williamknifeman7330]

Tosca28 👊🏼

[@nicholasgeorgiou230]

"1974 Intervention" - it was an invasion, not an intervention. And it's not the Turkish North but the Illegally Occupied Zone.

[@MelihYildirimm]

It was actually an intervention to Cyprus Greeks by Turkey that were raiding and killing Cyprus Turks. If you investigate the pre-intervention era, you can see that Cyprus Greeks supported by the Greece mainland were trying to force Turks out of the island, killing them if they are not accepting to leave. Many warnings were given to Cyprus Greeks by the Turkish government at that time to stop killings although they did not stop and the intervention happened. Unfortunately, Εθνική Οργάνωσις Κυπρίων Αγωνιστών and Greece government gave Turkey no other choice but to intervene to the situation. It was good for the Cypriotic Turks but bad for the stability of the island in the long term however, as I mentioned you left Turks no other option.

[@ginrr3739]

Not invasion. Turkey had the legal right to intervene in Cyprus as it was the guarantor of Cyprus' Turkish population. They intervened as they deemed necessary. TRNC was established and recognized by the UN. 10 Years later it was declared illegitimate by United Nations Resolution 550. The reasoning being, the UN didn't want the Cyprus to be seperated anymore and wanted them to unite. And decided to declare the Turkish side illegitimate, as the state of Cyprus existed before it. They declared TRNC a seperatist region occupied by Turkey. The problem wasn't the Turkish intervention. the UN didn't like TRNC being a seperate entity. But the reason TRNC still is a seperate entity, is because Cyprus will not compromise at all. They want all the democratic power of TRNC to be stripped away and basically to annex the country, instead of fixing the issues that caused unrest in the first place.

[@user-sb3yq5hi5p]

Turks is in Kıbrıs almost 500 years what are you talking about ?

[@danielyilmaz6499]

I feel I could work there perfectly because I am half turkish and half Greek

[@josephgomwalk5282]

question: in each war there is always a "bad guy" and a "good guy" or people who have different ideologies. In this war between greece and turkey for cypus who exactly are the "bad guys?" does anyone know

[@MTG762]

Late reply but I have to say that the Greek forces at the time were the bad guys and the Turkish forces were the good guys. The Turkish intervention only happened due to the ongoing murder of Turkish Cypriots on the island, caused by the greek idea of Enosis. Also 5 days prior to the Turkish intervention, the Greek junta invaded Cyprus and overthrew Makarios for not following through with Enosis. Because the greek invasion threatened the lives of Greeks and Turks on the island, Turkey intervened and created the border that there is today. It was not an aggressive act but one that would ensure the safety of the population from the greek junta invasion.

[@duncancallum]

@@MTG762 True i was there during Eoka and definitely the Turks were the good guys for sure

[@monkieie]

I did my tour over there in 1993. We took over from the Danish army and were stationed on the Turkish side of the island. That area was a dump back then! Still, was a very interesting time.

[@karamanoglualtaybey2176]

Rob Grundy I don't know your country but it must be very clean !! Is not it !!

[@thelostcosmonaut5555]

Man that looks even better than Kuwait!

[@joob6986]

Easiest medals they’ll ever earn

[@TimStamper89]

Fantastic to see the reserves doing so much in so many places. Looking forward to this covid nonsense calling down so I can get on with my application which is sitting in limbo

[@romeo9017]

All the gucci roles no mention on the LAD or the Cooks once again - we sustain!

[@alfiefisher4642]

Its Sodexo i think.

[@lib556]

I did a tour in Cyprus in 1988. My Dad did one in 1968 and again in 1980. The sector in the video was ours (Canadian) for the 20 years after the 74 coup and Turk invasion. In the 10 years prior, the Canadian contingent was spread around the island more. During the 74 coup/invasion Canada lost 2 killed and 30 wounded (Canadian Airborne Regiment). Taking journos and VIPs for 'line tours' was quite regular. However there was strictly no filming allowed in the BZ at all. When we were in Maple House in 88 (with the brand ew cars and bikes in the basement), they were virtually pristine albeit covered in 14 years of dust and dirt. I wonder how they got so trashed as depicted in the vid. They are in the BZ and only UN soldiers can get to them. During our years there they had to be inventoried and inspected. Sliding standards after 94 obviously.

[@willybloo]

U.N. soldier looks like a great job...no gun, walking around in a dangerous area with a bright blue hat on for snipers to aim at...sign me up!

[@evangelosnicolaou4127]

It's not dangerous area ,Birmingham and some areas in London are more dangerous then that.

[@fenfrostpaws2000]

Still safer than 99% of America XD

[@derf9465]

If the government get their way, more reservists will be needed.

[@rat_king-]

UN busy doing nothing..... as usual

[@keimakaratsugi3301]

For Altis! Long lIve the Badgers

[@noblegrizzlybear5475]

For the glory of M.I.L.F!!!

[@LutMcGregor]

Cyprus it is like the Korean peninsula...the Northern part of the island(Turkish) is the poor one still living in the past, while in the South(Greek) they are more prosperous living a modern way of life.

[@alfiefisher4642]

Really,there is more money in the North than the South,i live in the Buffer Zone village of Pyla,have done for the last 12 years,the days of hundreds of workers from the TRNC streaming South every day for work is long gone,go over and see how prosperous the TRNC is.

[@giwrgostragoulias7981]

@@alfiefisher4642 i went to the prosperous norht as you called it. And its not prosperous at all and many turks are coming to the south for work where are you leaving exactrly😂

[@giwrgostragoulias7981]

@@alfiefisher4642 4 bilion trnc vs 26 in republic of cyprus who is prospering again

[@Yikes561]

Arma 3 vibesss

[@edwardbrooks2903]

Well least Covid 19 slowed things down a bit least the 2 meter rule is being enforced

[@pierrev6]

This is why Great-Britain must support France against Turkey in the mediterenea

[@istanbullet]

Great holiday isnt it?

[@wekker090]

its a holiday job...

[@gavinm938]

Haha...essential skills. Being capable of asking someone to move their car, I think they should aim higher in their selection process, really honestly.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Gavin? Is that you? I've lost my friend... Gavin? Gavin?

[@gavinm938]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 ?? no idea who you are honestly

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@gavinm938 Hahaha! It's a Red Dead Redemption 2 joke, look it up. Sorry to have confused you, good sir.

[@BSGurer]

It’s terrible when your in the Turkish army in northern Cyprus. Terrible as in the conditions are just rough. Terrible food ( like rocks in your green peppers for example), lack of water on base and just generally dangerous conditions. I wish it was like a holiday. Being a TAF soldier in Northern Cyprus is different.

[@boaspendaishongwa5316]

British army it professional..

[@dj_james170]

7:31 Welsh flag?

[@zimbabwe-wz5iw]

How else would anyone know wales exists?

[@tharos]

Unfortunately, if Britain had taken a bigger part in standing up to the Turkish invasion in 1974 as a guarantor power, these young men wouldn't have to be deploying here and could be attending more important duties to their own country.

[@tharos]

@Sonoid But they didn't leave, and were obligated by treaty to defend the sovereign of the Republic of Cyprus as one of the guarantor powers.

[@engineer6250]

So, I’ve read up on this, and from what I see the Turkish action was due to an internal conflict between Eoka B and Archbishop Makarios’s people killing each other and trying to ethically cleanse the minority Turkish Cypriots. The Guarantors were Greece Being run by a military junta at the time and running Eoka B, UK under Edward Heath, who didn’t want to do anything to stop the ethnic cleansing, and finally Turkey. Interestingly it seems the Turkish ‘stop point’ may have been agreed by the Americans.

[@Met4lN1kos]

@Sonoid should UN create a buffer zone for northern Ireland then ? when they left you remember the consequences

[@grad3647]

If it weren't for the British, the island would still be in our hands as it was before. now go put the British flag over the cross and pray for both

[@istanbullet]

I wish your former 'president Makarios and his successor Sampson had taken Turkiye more serious, from 1960 to 1974 Turkiye officially made 'warnings' not to attempt annexing island with Greece. That fantasy caused today's division. Actually its too later for 50 year Turkish Cypriots has their own government. Yes unfortunately not yet recognized, but that day will come. This is inevitable.

[@ronti2492]

Interesting the interviewer comments about 'proving that the reserves can do it'. My response is: of course they can do it, given the right attitude, appropriate skills sets, and training, training , training. I would have thought this was already well demonstrated and we could move away from these' my goodness, they really can do it" type comments -nothing against the commentator, perhaps I am being a little sensitive. I guess the total force concept is relatively new in the UK and it is not that long ago the ( UK) Army Reserve shed its' Territorial Army' cold war image-that having been done, it takes time to craft a 'new' force ethos.

[@AirplaneDoctor_]

Unless they do enough build up training, they are basically useless the same as any semi trained soldier would be. The reserves are still weekend warriors same as the old TA days, the ex regs who sign on are the only thing that keeps them semi professional.

[@warmonger8799]

[@greekization]

This is my country. I come from a village that is occupied by the Turkish armed forces called Lapithos . The turkish forces seazed it in 1974 illegaly by the force of guns, about the 30% of our land. They have killed a lot of unarmed civilians. Others loved ones about 1000 are missing without their families until today know were they are. I hear many times from foreign people to refer to my country as north and south Cyprus. This is wrong. This is something that the turkish occupied forces use , to change the geopolitical character of the island. Cyprus is one and only. I hope one day to be able to visit my fathers village without occupation and live in peace away from the turkish opposers.

[@barackobama5697]

Why ain't the lads in combat gear

[@Joe-fe4xi]

1 million subscribers without videos challenge Because it’s a UN peacekeeping operation.

[@locklear7937]

Probably because there's no combat to speak of. It's patrolling a buffer zone and looking at the Turkish side through binoculars.

[@spartan9540]

The days of combat are over, they are just there to separate the Greek and Turkish sides because Greeks and Turks won't separate it themselves loool

[@Lewiscraft123]

Are they not armed?

[@jyralnadreth4442]

Its no longer a hot zone and they are operating more as a policing force. The border would have had fully equipped combat troops right after in 1974/5

[@bananabestfruit]

@@jyralnadreth4442 I have seen them armed with LMGs. In 2020.

[@Sterben-iw3yx]

Surprised to see the UN actually gives a damn. I know a few places that asked for aid from radical invasion and the UN simply ignored it. South Africa for one is under Marxist radical takeover and the minorities there are being murdered in droves so the government can take their land and assets. This isn't the only issue, not even close. But people are fleeing the country and many are trapped as violence increases, and the UN and US are nowhere to be heard even looking into the matter.

[@threestepssideways1202]

The UN only pretends to give a damn because they know they are assured immediate support and protection because of the British Forces presence on the island at ESBA and WSBA. In the hugely unlikely scenario of things kicking off in Cyprus, the UN knows it has to put no real effort, men or materiel on the line, in their name, with their remit, before things will likely be resolved, one way or the other. The UN presence is a joke, it is merely a vehicle for the UN to engage with the press corps and say ''But look , we're engaged....''. It's nonsense.

[@mkbijnaam8713]

The greeks started this they failed and now we got this problem

[@itsmeracoon7907]

Lol I live hardly 100km from here

[@gem9414]

They should remove those blue covers for their helmets, or change the color. That's one easy target to spot.

[@solomonarbc]

The only reason they are wearing combat uniforms is because they are deployed in the field. It's actually safer for them to be well spotted than confused with an "enemy" by accident. If UN peacekeepers are being shot, the UN withdraws and their place is filled with local, well armed forces who then start killing each other, civilians and the said snipers. No point in targeting the UN, unless you want the fighting to continue

[@elaminmochichi7767]

UN forces are literally for peacekeeping missions, they are like a buffer zone if anyone shoots a UN peace keeper, the UN will unleash hell upon the said country with armed response and economic sanctions. Trust me mate you wouldn't want an economic sanctions from the EU, not in any day. See Russia/Iran ...

[@kibrisliboy2013]

They wear it to get noticed dude lol

[@OLYMPIANgreek]

Everything got destroyed once the mongols arrived...

[@Eren-23]

Stfu

[@Harold_Flite]

@@Eren-23 truth hurts huh.

[@Eren-23]

@@Harold_Flite must say that to you

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

I have to reminisce my father was there with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in1958/9 I then paid a visit with my late glorious wife in 95 going to the T. mountains and of course visiting the divided city of the Nicosia the Turks and the Greeks will never resolve this problem simplistically is to do with Christian over Islam?🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@duncancallum]

I was there then at Episkopi Garrison William and the problem had nothing to do with Christians against Islam ,all to do with joining Greece and all the murders that were happening to the Turks

[@deedee4531]

Free northern Cyprus and Kurdistan

[@gulfermendi6367]

bum snogger nope

[@mehmetalibayram6531]

Kıbrıs zaten özgür sığır Rumlara mı bağlı olsunlar....

[@TheInfamousAlpha]

Come and "free" it if you're man enough.

[@spartan9540]

@@TheInfamousAlpha I thought the Turks also want Siberia. Karabakh, Turkestan etc 'free' ?

[@r.yuksel9774]

@@spartan9540 Karabagh is free now, it hurt a lot of Armenians and Greeks though, they couldn't do anything about it. Also the Siberians, Turkistanis aren't really Turks, they are more like Russians because of the USSR.

[@999Takeoff]

I wish politicians would grow up...these troops can be used elsewhere. Will they ever develop any sense?

[@foryou6888]

Nvm that reserves have a job and life outside of the army, they should only be used when needed, why not use regulars?

[@luxmid7486]

they should be called 0 rifles battle group burnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[@Joe-fe4xi]

Lux mid no

[@luxmid7486]

@@Joe-fe4xi u get it though? because they are 7th Rifle but none of them have rifles so they should be called 0 rifles, get it Joseph? get it? pretty funny eh? did u get it?

[@luxmid7486]

@Dan The car guy i dont know if thats a compliment or not sounds like one and its hemorrhoids

[@1bigfin]

7th rifles that carry no rifles. LOL.

[@germfreepizzawi1839]

Well... that’s strange. Looks like Altis.

[@micheypatsa]

Idk if youre joking but the storyline and military is sort of based on Cyprus and Lemnos thats why.

[@wrightypegz8997]

Well yeah. Altis is based off a Greek island that has a very similar look/environment to Cyprus.

[@noblegrizzlybear5475]

@@wrightypegz8997 All Mediterranean islands have the same topography in a nutshell.

[@JoachimderZweite]

I know it is peaceful today but British Soldiers on patrol with no guns,,,,????????????

[@williamknifeman7330]

They’re aren’t needed, the tour is not kinetic in the slightest, you will deal with more farmers crossing boundaries than Turks or Greeks crossing the CFL.

[@JoachimderZweite]

@@williamknifeman7330 Sure - the hatred that caused the war and separation will never ever lead to trouble where our soldiers are concerned. You remind of the donkey generals that led the lions. Maybe have nuns do the patrolling if you are right.

[@HillTrekkerSarge]

Those are members of the the 7th Rifles, but they had no rifles? What's with that? Surely they brought rifles with them, and they're in an armory there. If not, what's the point of having unarmed grunts deploy somewhere?

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Peacekeeping. The idea is to be a referee, not armed force.

[@ernestwakefield7414]

Butlins

[@cagriozkan1936]

I've read the comments. Again lots of false accusation on Turkey. No body talks about junta government's soviet relation. Idea of russian army base in mediterranean sea is even today scarry. I can't even imagine in cold war period. Besides the politics. South cyprus litarelly freaked out all NATO.

[@nikos327]

I agree Cagri. There was a long history leading up to 1974, but the Athens Junta orchestrated the Greek Cypriot military coup, deposing the democratically elected government of Archbishop Makarios. Turkey stepped in to protect the Turkish Cypriot population, but where was Greece? Greece thought better of it and after they'd started the fight, left the Greek Cypriots to deal with it on their own. Disgraceful. I could spend hours talking on this subject, but there's no point. Anyone who wants to know can do the research themselves. I'd recommend starting to read about it in 1878 and taking it from there. By the way, I was born in Cyprus and lived in Famagusta at the time of the invasion. I return to the island most years to see my Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot friends. It's a lovely place, but would be even nicer if an equitable solution to the division could be reached.

[@cagriozkan1936]

@@nikos327 I wish there are more people like you. Yes talking about it makes no point. Unfortunately people willing talk a lot without enough knowledge. 🤷

[@karamanoglualtaybey2176]

Η Κύπρος είναι Τουρκική !!

[@zacharyzmijski9189]

How can they patrol when they have no weapons

[@solomonarbc]

@Dan The car guy You should have seen Russian Peacekeepers. In the Balkan theater there were UN Tanks at some point. Also, there are peacekeeping missions in Africa where they aren't allowed to carry any weapons, while everyone else is armed.

[@nikos327]

Diplomacy is the most effective 'weapon' the UN have and this video shows how they are successfully using it.

[@wrightypegz8997]

solomonarbc That’s because there were actually threats in the Balkans.

[@bananabestfruit]

Weapons are for the weak lol

[@cypruswithoutborders1034]

Lt Bob Goodwill, you used the wrong terminology. It was the "1974 INVASION", not intervention.

[@cacobeaner1379]

Hurts to see how killing innocent Turks and then calling it an invasion is justifiable.

[@oyunminotoru4231]

the truth is bitter, stop seeing everything one-sided.

[@bananabestfruit]

@@cacobeaner1379 Hurts to see how killing innocent Cypriots and then calling it an intervention is justifiable.

[@r.yuksel9774]

@@bananabestfruit Civilians die in wars, it still happens today. Killing civilians because they are from a different nationality in peace time was what the Greek Cypriot militias did, before they got their asses whooped by the Turkish military.

[@bananabestfruit]

@@r.yuksel9774 it was infighting, both groups killed eachother. Still, the 2nd invasion and occupation of Cyprus cannot be justified.

[@barbarossa749]

You will say Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Not Turkish North. Dont make this video sided, as we dont recognize the south of cyprus. Got it?

[@MrDextrator]

Yeah Im sure you intimidated them bud.

[@notrut]

Another HARD EU Border ... unresolved between EU Member Cyprus and Accession State Turkey. Ignore politicians when they bleat about the ROI/NI Border ... There are HARD EU Borders at Kapikule where Bulgaria meets Turkey. Where Norway meets Sweden. Where 2 Spanish enclaves in Morocco have an EU Border. At Gibraltar, and the Schengen Zone has been suspended between Austria and Germany ...