18°31′57″S33°23′18″E / 18.5326°S 33.3883°E / -18.5326; 33.3883 (ZANLA Base at Nyadzonya)
Belligerents
Rhodesia[1]
ZANLA (ZANU)[1] FRELIMO[1]
Commanders and leaders
Ron Reid-Daly[3] Rob Warraker Morrison Nyathi
Josiah Tongogara Robert Mugabe Edgar Tekere
Units involved
Rhodesian Army
Selous Scouts[2]
ZANU guerillas
Strength
84 scouts[1] 4 Ferret armoured cars
5,000 ZANU troops (per Rhodesians) unarmed refugees (per Amnesty International and ZANLA)
Casualties and losses
None
1,000+ killed (possibly civilians)
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Rhodesian Bush War
First Phase (1964–1972)
Oberholzer murder
Sinoia
Pagoda
Yodel
Nickel
Cauldron
Flotilla
Griffin
Excess
Birch
Alcora Exercise
Panga
Second Phase (1972–1979)
Altena Farm
Whistlefield Farm
St Alberts School
Overload
Victoria Falls
Long John
Eland
Ignition
Hill 31
Aztec
Woolworths bombing
Odzanu Junction Farm
Dingo
Montclair Hotel
Vumba massacre
Flight 825
Snoopy
Gatling
Salisbury
Flight 827
Vanity
Beira
Chamber
Mineral
Placid
Motel
Uric
Miracle
Lancaster House
Quartz
Hectic
Related incidents
Nhari Rebellion
Cashel Helicopter Crash
Beira Patrol
Operation Eland, also known as the Nyadzonya[a] Raid, was a military operation carried out by the Rhodesian Selous Scouts at Nyadzonya in Mozambique on 9 August 1976.[2] The Rhodesians initially claimed that 300 ZANLA and 30 FAM (Armed Forces of Mozambique) soldiers were killed, but later claimed that documentation captured after the event suggested that more than 1,028 were killed. ZANLA and Amnesty International claimed that the people killed were unarmed refugees.
The raid had adverse political and diplomatic consequences for Rhodesia. In response to the attack, the South African government ended its covert military assistance for Rhodesia, reduced the supply of oil and munitions, and began to pressure the Rhodesian government to accept a transition to black majority rule. The Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, agreed (in principle) to this, in September 1976.
^ abcdMoorcraft, Paul L.; McLaughlin, Peter (April 2008) [1982]. The Rhodesian War: A Military History. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-84415-694-8.
^ abcSmith, Ian (1997). The Great Betrayal. London: Blake Publishing Ltd. pp. 195–196. ISBN 1-85782-176-9.
^Peter J.H. Petter-Bowyer (13 August 2023). Winds of Destruction: The Autobiography of a Rhodesian Combat Pilot (2005 ed.). 30°. pp. 278–279. ISBN 978-0-9584890-3-4.
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Global Information
Rhodesia[1]
ZANLA (ZANU)[1]
FRELIMO[1]