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| Operation Yodel | |||||||
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| Part of the Rhodesian Bush War (or Second Chimurenga) | |||||||
  Chirundu Operation Yodel (Zimbabwe) | |||||||
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 Rhodesia |
 ZANLA (ZANU) | ||||||
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Lieutenant Trevor Desfountain |
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| Unknown | 15 men | ||||||
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| 1 wounded | All captured or killed | ||||||
Operation Yodel was a operation launched by the Rhodesian security forces on the 13th September 1966 in response to an attack on civilians executed by communist insurgents who crossed over the border from Zambia into Rhodesia.[1]
References
- ^ Binda, Alexandre (2008). The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry. Johannesburg: 30° South Publishers. pp. 52–54. ISBN 978-1-920143-07-7.
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