Operation Barracuda

1979 Central African coup d'état
Date	19–20 September 1979 (Operation Caban); 1979–1981 (Operation Barracuda)
Location	Central African Empire
Result	Coup succeeds.; Bokassa I is exiled.; The Central African Empire is overthrown.; The Central African Republic is restored.;
Belligerents
House of Bokassa; Armed Forces loyalists	Armed Forces rebels; France; Chad; Zaire
Commanders and leaders
Bokassa I	David Dacko; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Operation Barracuda was a military operation by France during 1979-1981, to return to power the former President of the Central African Republic, David Dacko. It followed up Operation Caban of 21 September 1979, a bloodless military operation in which Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire was overthrown by French paratrooper troupes.