Operation Quartz

Operation Quartz
Part of the Rhodesian Bush War
Eland-90 armoured cars of the Rhodesian Armoured Corps
Type	Coup d'état/Decapitation strike
Commanded by	Peter Walls
Objective	Assassination of ZANU-PF leadership, destruction of ZANLA
Date	14 February 1980 (1980-02-14)
Outcome	Cancelled

Operation Quartz was a planned military operation to be conducted by the Rhodesian Security Forces against Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF in the event that party lost the Southern Rhodesian general election, 1980. The operation was organized on the assumption ZANU-PF would attempt to violently seize the government should it lose the election. ZANU-PF ultimately won the election and Operation Quartz was never executed.