Operation Flotilla

Operation Flotilla
Part of the Rhodesian Bush War
Date20 May – 13 July 1968
Location
Nyamapanda, Rhodesia
Tete Province, Mozambique, Portugal
22°50′53″S 31°57′39″E / 22.848084°S 31.960901°E / -22.848084; 31.960901
Result Rhodesian-Portuguese victory
Belligerents
 Portugal
 Rhodesia		 ZANLA
Commanders and leaders
Unknown
Maj. Peter Rich		 Unknown
Units involved

Forças Armadas

Rhodesian Army

 Unknown
Strength
Unknown 17
Casualties and losses
 Portugal:
3 killed
2 wounded
 Rhodesia:
None		 ZANLA:
3 killed
9 captured

Operation Flotilla was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Army working with the Portuguese Army in Mozambique in response to the threat posed to Rhodesia by a group of 17 Lusaka-based nationalists who had the intent of entering Rhodesia through its border with Mozambique.

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