Operation Snoopy

Operation Snoopy
Part of Rhodesian Bush War
Chimoio
Operation Snoopy (Mozambique)
Date20 September 1978
Location
Chimoio, Mozambique
Result Rhodesian victory
Belligerents
 Rhodesia ZANLA
FRELIMO
Commanders and leaders
Ian Smith Robert Mugabe
Unknown
Units involved

Rhodesian Army

RhAF		 Unknown
Strength
Unknown ZANLA:
unknown
 Mozambique:
9 T-54/55 tanks
4 BTR-152 APCs
Casualties and losses
2 killed :
Several hundred killed
:
unknown
3 APCs destroyed

Operation Snoopy was an operation launched by Rhodesia in response to Air Rhodesia Flight 825 being shot down by a communist backed insurgent group, the ZIPRA. The operation took place in Mozambique, where many of the ZANLA's camps were located, particularly in the area in and around Chimoio.

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