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Operation Eagle | |||||||
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Part of Mozambican War of Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portugal | FRELIMO | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
unknown | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10+ killed 45+ wounded | unknown |
Operation Eagle (Portuguese: Operação Águia) was the first organised operation of the Portuguese Armed Forces in response to the attack of the FRELIMO guerrilla group, on 25 September 1964, to the administrative post of Chai , in the district of Cabo Delgado, materialising therefore in the first operation in the one of Portuguese Colonial War in the theatre of operations of Mozambique.[1]