Operation Snoopy

Operation Snoopy
	Part of Rhodesian Bush War
	Chimoio Operation Snoopy (Mozambique)
Date	20 September 1978
Location	Chimoio, Mozambique
Result	Rhodesian victory Twenty-five guerrilla camps attacked and destroyed.;
Belligerents
Rhodesia	ZANLA; FRELIMO
Commanders and leaders
Ian Smith	Robert Mugabe; Unknown
Units involved
Rhodesian Army RLI; SAS; RhAF	unknown
Strength
unknown	ZANLA:; unknown; Mozambique:; 9 T-54/55 tanks; 4 BTR-152 APCs
Casualties and losses
2 killed	:; hundreds 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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