Operation Excess (Rhodesia)

Operation Excess
Part of the Rhodesian Bush War (or Second Chimurenga)
Date 27 July-12 August 1968 Location Mashonaland, Rhodesia Result Rhodesian victory
Belligerents
Rhodesia	ZIPRA
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Fanie Coetzee Flt. Lt. Petter-Bowyer	Unknown
Units involved
Rhodesian Army RLI 2 Commando 3 Commando RAR E Company BSAP RRAF No.7 Squadron	unknown
Strength
At least 150 to 200 Troops 4 Alouette III (G-Cars) 1 DC-3C Dakota (Paradak)	30+
Casualties and losses
1 wounded	15 killed 8 captured 7 missing Total: 30

Operation Excess was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces, on 27 July 1968, in response to an incursion of ZIPRA terrorists in Mashonaland West province.^[1]