Operation Snoopy
| Operation Snoopy | |||||||
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| Part of Rhodesian Bush War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Rhodesia |
ZANLA FRELIMO | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Ian Smith |
Robert Mugabe Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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RhAF | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
ZANLA: unknown  Mozambique:9 T-54/55 tanks 4 BTR-152 APCs | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 killed |
: Several hundred killed :unknown 3 APCs destroyed | ||||||
Operation Snoopy was an operation launched by Rhodesia in response to Air Rhodesia Flight 825 being shot down by a communist backed insurgent group, the ZIPRA. The operation took place in Mozambique, where many of the ZANLA's camps were located, particularly in the area in and around Chimoio.