Operation Quartz
| Operation Quartz | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Rhodesian Bush War | |
| Type | Coup d'état/Decapitation strike |
| Commanded by | Peter Walls |
| Objective | Assassination of ZANU-PF leadership, destruction of ZANLA |
| Date | 14 February 1980 |
| Outcome | Cancelled |
Operation Quartz was a planned military operation to be conducted by the Rhodesian Security Forces against Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF in the event that party lost the Southern Rhodesian general election, 1980. The operation was organised on the assumption ZANU-PF would attempt to violently seize the government should it lose the election. ZANU-PF ultimately won the election and Operation Quartz was never executed.