Operation Snoopy

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Operation Snoopy
Part of Rhodesian Bush War
Chimoio Operation Snoopy (Mozambique)
Date 20 September 1978 Location Chimoio, Mozambique Result Rhodesian victory Twenty-five guerrilla camps attacked and destroyed.
Belligerents
Rhodesia	ZANLA FRELIMO
Commanders and leaders
Ian Smith	Robert Mugabe Unknown
Units involved
Rhodesian Army RLI SAS RhAF	unknown
Strength
unknown	ZANLA: unknown  Mozambique: 9 T-54/55 tanks 4 BTR-152 APCs
Casualties and losses
2 killed	: Several hundred killed : unknown 3 APCs destroyed

Operation Snoopy was an operation launched by Rhodesia in response to Air Rhodesia Flight 825 being shot down by a communist backed insurgent group, the ZIPRA. The operation took place in Mozambique, where many of the ZANLA's camps were located, particularly in the area in and around Chimoio.^[1]