Operation Placid
| Operation Placid | |||||||
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| Part of the Rhodesian Bush War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Zimbabwe Rhodesia South Africa |
ZIPRA Zambia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Abel Muzorewa |
Unknown Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Zambian Air Force | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Zimbabwe Rhodesia: 2 Hawker Hunters 4 Canberras South Africa: 3 Canberras |
ZIPRA: Unknown Zambia: 8 Shenyang J-6 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
ZIPRA: heavy Zambia: none | ||||||
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Operation Placid was a Rhodesian military operation in Zambia with clandestine assistance from the South African Air Force (SAAF) during the Rhodesian Bush War. The Rhodesian Air Force planned raids against a ZIPRA camps in Zambia on the northern Rhodesian border.