Operation Trident (1963)

Operation Trident (Portuguese: Operação Tridente) was a combined military operation of the Portuguese Army, Navy and Air Force during the Portuguese Colonial War in Guinea in January 1964.

Operation Trident
Part of Portuguese Colonial War in Guinea

Two Portuguese Air Force T-6 trainers.
Date15 January 1963 – 24 March 1964
Location
Portuguese Guinea
Result
  • Portuguese victory
  • PAIGC presence mostly removed from the region.
Belligerents
 Portugal PAIGC
Commanders and leaders
Louro de Sousa Amílcar Cabral
Units involved
 unknown
Strength
  • 760 soldiers
  • 1 destroyer (NRP Vouga)
  • 1 frigate (NRP Nuno Tristão)
  • 7 patrol boats
  • 8 landing craft
  • 1 Alouette II
  • 2+ F-86 Sabres
  • 5+ T-6 Harvards
  • 3+ Dornier Do 27s
  • 1+ Lockheed P-2 Neptune
  • 1 C-47 skytrain
  • PAIGC claim:
  • 3,000 soldiers
 300-400 guerrillas
Casualties and losses
  • 9 killed
  • 47 wounded
  • 193 evacuated (due to illness)
  • 1 T-6 shot-down
  • 4 T-6 damaged
  • 1 C-47 damaged
  • PAIGC claim:
  • 900 killed
 40+ killed
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