Operation Trident (1963)
| Operation Trident | |||||||||
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| Part of Portuguese Colonial War in Guinea | |||||||||
Two Portuguese Air Force T-6 trainers. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Portugal | PAIGC | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Louro de Sousa | Amílcar Cabral | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Unknown | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 300–400 guerrillas | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 40+ killed | ||||||||
Operation Trident (Portuguese: Operação Tridente) was a combined military operation of the Portuguese Army, Navy and Air Force during the Portuguese Colonial War in Guinea in January 1964.