Goodwood, begins. September 1944Operation Market Garden takes place. 24 March 1945Airborne crossing of the Rhine, Operation Varsity, takes place. 8 May 1945VE Day. 2 September 1945Formal surrender of Japan. 1945–1990 1 January 1948Four Gurkha regiments are transferred from the Indian Army to the British Army, forming the Brigade of Gurkhas. 28 February 1948The 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry becomes the last British regiment to leave India. 1948The Malayan Emergency begins. 1948The Army withdraws from Palestine. 1 January 1949National Service, the new name for conscription, is introduced. 1 February 1949The Women's Royal Army Corps is formed. 1950The Korean War begins. 22 April 1951The Battle of the Imjin River takes place. 1952The Mau Mau uprising in Kenya begins. 1953The Army withdraws its garrison from Bermuda. 1954The last troops leave Trieste, having been there since 1945 as part of British Forces Element Trieste. 1955Occupying troops leave upon Austrian independence. June 1956Last British troops leave the Suez Canal Zone, Egypt. 31 October 1956Operation Musketeer, the invasion of Suez begins. 5 November3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment dropped at El Gamil airfield. 6 NovemberAmphibious landings take place; Army Centurion tanks land in support. 1 September 1957The Army Air Corps is formed. 1957The Sandys Review of the armed forces takes place. 16 July 1958Independent Parachute Brigade Group (less 3 Para), air-landed in Amman, Jordan from Cyprus. 1961Army deploys troops to Kuwait after its request for British to deter invasion by Iraq. 1962The Brunei uprising takes place. 1963Last National Serviceman is discharged from the Army. 1967Withdrawal from Aden after a period of time known as the Aden Emergency. 1968The only year in the century when the British Army lost no soldiers in action. August 1969British troops deployed to Northern Ireland to assist in stopping sectarian violence. It is the beginning of "The Troubles". 5 May 1980Special Air Service ends the Iranian Embassy siege. 2 April 1982Falklands War begins. 28 May2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 Para) defeat Argentinians at Goose Green. 8 JuneBombing of RFA's Sir Galahad, Sir Tristram kills 48, including 32 Welsh Guards. 12 June3 Para defeats the Argentinians at Mount Longdon. 14 June2 Para takes Wireless Ridge. 14 June2nd Battalion, Scots Guards defeat Argentinians at Mount Tumbledown. 14 JuneFalkland Islands are liberated upon the surrender of Argentinian forces. 1990–present 1991 The Gulf War begins; Army contributes 28,000 troops. 1991The last British Army regiment leaves Gibraltar. The Gibraltar Regiment is subsequently placed on the Army's regular