Operation Dingo
| Operation Dingo Chimoio massacre | |||||||
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| Part of the Rhodesian Bush War | |||||||
Chimoio, New Farm Tembue Operation Dingo (Mozambique) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Rhodesia | ZANLA | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ian Smith Lt. Gen Peter Walls Maj. Brian Robinson (Ground Force Commander) Gp Cap. Norman Walsh (Director of Air Operations) |
Robert Mugabe Edgar Tekere Josiah Tongogara Rex Nhongo | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| RhAF | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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200 soldiers 9 Hunter fighter-bombers 6 Vampire fighter-bombers 6 Canberra light bombers 10 Alouette III helicopters (K-Car with 20mm cannon) 11 Alouette III G-Car (one as command helicopter) 3 DC-3C Dakota (Paradak) | 8,000–10,000 inhabitants; refugees + guerrillas + ZANLA political/civil elements | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 killed 6 wounded 1 Vampire crashed 1 fighter-bomber crashed | 1,200 to 3,000 killed or seriously injured, including guerillas, civilians and hospital patients | ||||||
Operation Dingo, or the Chimoio Massacre , was an attack by the Rhodesian Security Forces against the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) run camps at Chimoio and Tembue in Mozambique from 23 to 25 November 1977.
Most sources put the death toll from the operation at over 1,000, including hundreds of civilians. Two Rhodesian soldiers were also killed.