Operation Placid | |||||||
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Part of the Rhodesian Bush War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Zimbabwe Rhodesia South Africa |
ZIPRA Zambia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abel Muzorewa |
Unknown Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Zambian Air Force | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
Zimbabwe Rhodesia: 2 Hawker Hunters 4 Canberras South Africa: 3 Canberras |
ZIPRA: Unknown Zambia: 8 Shenyang J-6 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
none |
ZIPRA: heavy Zambia: none | ||||||
Operation Placid was a Rhodesian military operation in Zambia with clandestine assistance from the South African Air Force (SAAF) during the Rhodesian Bush War. The Rhodesian Air Force planned raids against a ZIPRA camps in Zambia on the northern Rhodesian border.