Operation Excess (Rhodesia)
| Operation Excess | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Rhodesian Bush War (or Second Chimurenga) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Rhodesia | ZIPRA | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Lt. Fanie Coetzee Flt. Lt. Petter-Bowyer | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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At least 150 to 200 Troops 4 Alouette III (G-Cars) 1 DC-3C Dakota (Paradak) | 30+ | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 wounded |
15 killed 8 captured 7 missing Total: 30 | ||||||
Operation Excess was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces, on 27 July 1968, in response to an incursion of ZIPRA terrorists in Mashonaland West province.