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Operation Dingo
Chimoio massacre
Part of the Rhodesian Bush War
Operation Dingo is located in Mozambique
Chimoio, New Farm
Chimoio, New Farm
Tembue
Tembue
Operation Dingo (Mozambique)
Date23–25 November 1977
Location
Chimoio and Tembue, Mozambique
19°07′S 33°28′E / 19.11°S 33.47°E / -19.11; 33.47 (Chimoio)
Result Rhodesian victory
Belligerents
Operation Dingo Rhodesia Operation Dingo ZANLA
Commanders and leaders
Rhodesia Ian Smith
Rhodesia Lt. Gen Peter Walls
Operation Dingo Maj. Brian Robinson (Ground Force Commander)
Operation Dingo Gp Cap. Norman Walsh (Director of Air Operations)
Operation Dingo Robert Mugabe
Operation Dingo Edgar Tekere
Operation Dingo Josiah Tongogara
Operation Dingo Rex Nhongo
Units involved

Operation DingoRhodesian Army

  • Rhodesian Light Infantry
  • Rhodesian Special Air Service
Operation Dingo RhAF
Unknown
Strength
200 soldiers
6 Canberra light bombers
9 Hunter fighter-bombers
6 Vampire fighter-bombers
10 Alouette III helicopters (K-Car with 20mm cannon)
11 Alouette III G-Car (one as command helicopter)
3 DC-3C Dakota (Paradak)
10,000 guerrillas + ZANLA political/civil elements
Casualties and losses
2 killed
6 wounded
1 Vampire crashed[1][2]
1 fighter-bomber crashed
1,200 to 3,000 killed or seriously injured, including guerillas, civilians and hospital patients[3][4][2][5]

Operation Dingo, or the Chimoio Massacre,[6][7] was an attack by the Rhodesian Security Forces against the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) run camps at Chimoio and Tembue in Mozambique from 23 to 25 November 1977.[8]

  1. ^ JRT Wood. "Rhodesia: Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Bowyercasualties was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Tendi, Blessing-Miles (2020). The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe. Cambridge University Press. p. 105. ISBN 9781108472890.
  4. ^ Martin&Johnson, p290
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Construction was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Chimoio massacre a turning point". The Herald. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  7. ^ Macheka, Mavis Thokozile (31 December 2022). "Political violence and faceless perpetrators in Zimbabwe: Reconceptualising a peace building strategy". Cogent Social Sciences. 8 (1). doi:10.1080/23311886.2022.2046315. ISSN 2331-1886.
  8. ^ "Guerrilla camps at Chimoio and Tembue' were hit by Rhodesians". New York Times. 29 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2024.

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