Operation Dingo

Chimoio
Operation Dingo; Chimoio massacre;
	Part of the Rhodesian Bush War
	Chimoio, New Farm Tembue Operation Dingo (Mozambique)
Date	23–25 November 1977
Location	Chimoio and Tembue, Mozambique19°07′S 33°28′E / 19.11°S 33.47°E
Result	Rhodesian victory
Belligerents
Rhodesia	ZANLA
Commanders and leaders
Ian Smith; Lt. Gen Peter Walls; Maj. Brian Robinson (Ground Force Commander); Gp Cap. Norman Walsh (Director of Air Operations)	Robert Mugabe; Edgar Tekere; Josiah Tongogara; Rex Nhongo
Units involved
Rhodesian Army Rhodesian Light Infantry; Rhodesian Special Air Service; RhAF	Unknown
Strength
200 soldiers; 9 Hunter fighter-bombers; 6 Vampire fighter-bombers; 6 Canberra light bombers; 10 Alouette III helicopters (K-Car with 20mm cannon); 11 Alouette III G-Car (one as command helicopter); 3 DC-3C Dakota (Paradak)	8,000–10,000 inhabitants; refugees + guerrillas + ZANLA political/civil elements
Casualties and losses
2 killed; 6 wounded; 1 Vampire crashed; 1 fighter-bomber crashed	1,200 to 3,000 killed or seriously injured, including guerillas, civilians and hospital patients

Operation Dingo, or the Chimoio Massacre ,^[6]^[7] was an attack by the Rhodesian Security Forces against the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) run camps at Chimoio and Tembue in Mozambique from 23 to 25 November 1977.^[8]

^ JRT Wood. "Rhodesia: Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Bowyercasualties was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Tendi, Blessing-Miles (2020). The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe. Cambridge University Press. p. 105. ISBN 9781108472890.
^ Martin&Johnson, p290
^ Cite error: The named reference Construction was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Chimoio massacre a turning point". The Herald. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
^ Macheka, Mavis Thokozile (31 December 2022). "Political violence and faceless perpetrators in Zimbabwe: Reconceptualising a peace building strategy". Cogent Social Sciences. 8 (1). doi:10.1080/23311886.2022.2046315. ISSN 2331-1886.
^ "Guerrilla camps at Chimoio and Tembue' were hit by Rhodesians". New York Times. 29 November 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2024.