Operation Griffin
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Operation Griffin was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces, on 16 July 1968, in response to an incursion into Rhodesia by communist insurgents belonging to the ZIPRA based in Zambia.
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Operation Griffin | |||||||
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Part of the Rhodesian Bush War (or Second Chimurenga) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Rhodesia South Africa | ZIPRA | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maj. Robert Southey 2Lt. Jerry Strong Flt. Lt. Petter-Bowyer Norman Walsh | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
RRAF South African Police | unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | 28 cadres | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Rhodesia: 1 killed 7 wounded 1 helicopter damaged South Africa: 1 killed 2 wounded |
27 killed 1 defected |
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