Operation Ignition

Operation Ignition
Part of Rhodesian Bush War
Francistown
Operation Ignition (Botswana)
Date18 September 1976
Location
Francistown, Botswana
Result Rhodesian victory
Belligerents
Rhodesia ZIPRA
Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col Ronald Reid-Daly
Sandy Maclean		 Joshua Nkomo
Units involved

Rhodesian Army

Unknown
Strength
9 scouts
2 vehicles		 ZIPRA 30 guerilla infantrymen
Soviet Union 5 advisors
Casualties and losses
None ZIPRA 5 wounded
Soviet Union 4 out of 5 advisors killed. One advisor wounded.

Operation Ignition was an operation undertaken by the Selous Scouts of the Rhodesian Army on 18 September 1976 against the forces of the guerrilla group ZIPRA Francistown.

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