Operation Griffin
| Operation Griffin | |||||||
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| Part of the Rhodesian Bush War (or Second Chimurenga) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Rhodesia South Africa | ZIPRA | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maj. Robert Southey 2Lt. Jerry Strong Flt. Lt. Petter-Bowyer Norman Walsh | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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RRAF South African Police | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 28 cadres | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Rhodesia: 1 killed 7 wounded 1 helicopter damaged South Africa: 1 killed 2 wounded |
27 killed 1 defected | ||||||
Operation Griffin was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces, on 16 July 1968, in response to an incursion into Rhodesia by communist insurgents belonging to the ZIPRA based in Zambia.