Operation Penada was the name of a Portuguese military operation that occurred during the Portuguese Colonial War in Mozambique, in April 1972. The Portuguese 31st Battalion of Hunters took part in the operation, the battalion had been stationed in Furancungo.[1]
The inability of Portuguese forces to control the entry of FRELIMO guerrillas into the surrounding territory of the Cahora Bassa dam, who came via Zambia or Rhodesia, led to increasing pressure on the Portuguese from the Rhodesian Security Forces, who criticised the apathy and lack of information about the enemy's movement. The 31st Parachute Hunters Battalion was launched along the borders of those two countries to counter the incursions by guerrillas. The battalion was supported by air support by helicopters.
Elements of the Rhodesian Security Forces penetrated Mozambique, pursuing guerrillas, while full units were involved in military operations with Portuguese forces, notably by helicopter detachments stationed at Chicoa and Pisteiros.
OperationPenada was the name of a Portuguese military operation that occurred during the Portuguese Colonial War in Mozambique, in April 1972. The Portuguese...
Operation Gordian Knot (Operação Nó Górdio) was the largest and most expensive Portuguese military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique...
Operation Jove (Portuguese: Operação Jove) was a military operation launched by the Portuguese Army, it lasted from 16 to 19 November in 1969. The operation...
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Operation Royal Amethyst was a military operation carried out by the Portuguese Guinean Battalion of Commandos, which was held on 8 May 1973 in the course...
Operation Abanadela was a military operation launched by the Portuguese Armed Forces in Mozambique during the Mozambican War of Independence against FRELIMO...
The Wiriyamu Massacre or Operation Marosca was a massacre of the civilian population of the village of Wiriyamu in Mozambique by Portuguese soldiers in...
defectors who specialised in black operation, clandestine operation, close-quarters combat, counterinsurgency, covert operation, desert warfare, direct action...
Disaster Mar Verde Ametista Real Mozambique (25 September 1964 – 8 September 1974) Mueda Massacre Águia Marte Zeta Nó Górdio Abanadela Penada Marosca...
July, the Portuguese forces initiate its first major operation of the conflict, this being Operation Viriato (Viriathus), aimed at re-conquering the town...
In various theaters of operations in the Portuguese Colonial War arose at the outset the need to create various types of irregular forces to help the Portuguese...
Disaster Mar Verde Ametista Real Mozambique (25 September 1964 – 8 September 1974) Mueda Massacre Águia Marte Zeta Nó Górdio Abanadela Penada Marosca...
was the name of the theater of Portuguese Armed Forces' anti-guerrilla operations in the East of Angola (by then a Portuguese overseas territory), during...
1970, a major counter-offensive was launched by the Portuguese army. Operation Gordian Knot (Portuguese: Operação Nó Górdio) targeted permanent insurgent...
Disaster Mar Verde Ametista Real Mozambique (25 September 1964 – 8 September 1974) Mueda Massacre Águia Marte Zeta Nó Górdio Abanadela Penada Marosca...
probably one of the last units of real dragoons to be used in combat operations, excluding the Rhodesian Grey's Scouts. A similar unit was being raised...
(14 mi) to Chéché, on the south bank of the Corubal River, was a difficult operation but was completed successfully. On the afternoon of 5 February 1969 the...
invasion. Since they were nurses, it was very frequent to accompany military operations, as it was part of their job to assist the sick and the wounded in the...
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