Operation Birch | |||||||
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Part of the Rhodesian Bush War (or Second Chimurenga) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Rhodesia Portugal | ZIPRA | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maj. Peter Rich Unknown |
James Chikerema Phinias Majuru | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
| unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
unknown | 22–25 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Rhodesia: 1 killed 2 wounded Portugal: unknown |
7 killed 2 wounded 13 captured 1 defected Total: 23 |
Operation Birch was an operation launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces in response to a group of 22–25 ZIPRA insurgents crossing the Zambezi River, which marked the border between Rhodesia and Zambia, in January 1970.