Operation Flotilla

Operation Flotilla
Part of the Rhodesian Bush War
Date 20 May 13 July 1968 Location Nyamapanda, Rhodesia Tete Province, Mozambique, Portugal 22°50′53″S 31°57′39″E / 22.848084°S 31.960901°E / -22.848084; 31.960901 Result Rhodesian-Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal  Rhodesia	ZANLA
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Maj. Peter Rich	Unknown
Units involved
Forças Armadas Portuguese Army Rhodesian Army RLI 1 Commando	unknown
Strength
unknown	17
Casualties and losses
Portugal: 3 killed 2 wounded  Rhodesia: none	ZANLA: 3 killed 9 captured

Operation Flotilla was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Army working with the Portuguese Army in Mozambique in response to the threat posed to Rhodesia by a group of 17 Lusaka-based nationalists who had the intent of entering Rhodesia through its border with Mozambique.