Operation Flotilla

Operation Flotilla
Part of the Rhodesian Bush War
Date20 May 13 July 1968
Location22°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
Portugal Unknown
Rhodesia Maj. Peter Rich
Unknown
Units involved

Portugal Forças Armadas

Rhodesian Army

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.