1979 Central African coup d'état | |||||||
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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.