campaign, Cold War

Operation Snoopy

Name: Operation Snoopy
Location: Chimoio, Mozambique

Operation Snoopy was a campaign fought in 1978 at Chimoio, in what is now Mozambique. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Chimoio. It was part of the Rhodesian Bush War, which ran from 1964 to 1979. The recorded result: Rhodesian victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against ZANLA: unknown; Mozambique: 9 T-54/55 tanks; 4 BTR-152 APCs.

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Fought1978

WhereChimoio, Mozambique19.117S, 33.450E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeRhodesian victory

BelligerentsRhodesiaagainstZANLA; 22px|border FRELIMO

Casualties and losses2 killedandSeveral hundred killed; : unknown; 3 APCs destroyed

Part ofRhodesian Bush War1964 to 1979

Where it sits in the Rhodesian Bush War

12 placed engagements of the Rhodesian Bush War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1978 (year precision)
Place	Chimoio, Mozambique 19.117S, 33.450E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War
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
Commanders	Ian Smith	Robert Mugabe

Placed at Chimoio; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Operation Dingo 1977, 2.2 km E
Operation Eland 1976, 65 km N
Battle of Sinoia 1966, 388 km NW
Siege of Mbombwe 1915, 419 km NE
Operation Flotilla 1968, 443 km S

In the same war

Before: Operation Dingo 1977
After: Operation Uric 1979
All 12 engagements of Rhodesian Bush War

Elsewhere in 1978

South Lebanon conflict Lebanon
Battle of Kolwezi Democratic Republic of the Congo
Operation Sovereignty Chile
Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport Cyprus
Battle of Cassinga Angola

Operation Snoopy is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 24 in present-day Mozambique.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q42886502, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Snoopy, revision 1370699609, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.