Atlas of Battles

country, 24 engagements

Battles in Mozambique

24 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Mozambique: 7 battles, 2 sieges and 15 campaigns between 1607 and 1981. The wars with most engagements here: Rhodesian Bush War (6), Portuguese campaigns of pacification and occupation (5), Mozambican War of Independence (5), World War I (4).

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Siege of MozambiqueBattle of MugengaBattle of MaconteneMaziua raidPortuguese campaign in MozambiqueMaconde campaignOperation Eagle (Portugal)Operation Mars (Portugal)Operation FlotillaOperation ZetaOperation AbanadelaOperation PenadaOperation SnoopyOperation UricOperation MiracleOperation PunishmentSiege of MozambiqueBattle of MarracueneBattle of CoolelaBattle of NgomanoBattle of LiomaOperation Gordian KnotOperation ElandOperation DingoSiege of MozambiqueBattle of MarracueneBattle of CoolelaBattle of NgomanoBattle of LiomaOperation Gordian KnotOperation ElandOperation DingoAntananarivoHarareLubumbashiLusakaBulawayoLilongweBeiraKolweziWindhoekNacala1000 km18.672S, 36.283E
24 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

1600s: 2 engagements1890s: 4 engagements1910s: 5 engagements1960s: 4 engagements1970s: 8 engagements8 in 1970s1980s: 1 engagements1600s1980s
24 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 6 with pages

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
1607Siege of MozambiqueIsland of MozambiqueDutch–Portuguese War
1608Siege of MozambiqueIsland of MozambiqueDutch–Portuguese War
1895Battle of MarracueneMarracuenePortuguese campaigns of pacification and occupation
1895Battle of CoolelaManjacaze DistrictPortuguese campaigns of pacification and occupation
1896Battle of MugengaMossuril DistrictPortuguese campaigns of pacification and occupation
1897Battle of MaconteneChibuto DistrictPortuguese campaigns of pacification and occupation
1914Maziua raidWorld War I
1914Portuguese campaign in MozambiquePortuguese MozambiqueWorld War I
1917Maconde campaignMueda PlateauPortuguese campaigns of pacification and occupation
25 November 1917Battle of NgomanoNegomanoWorld War I
31 August 1918Battle of LiomaLiomaWorld War I
1965Operation Eagle (Portugal)Niassa ProvinceMozambican War of Independence
1968Operation Mars (Portugal)Niassa ProvinceMozambican War of Independence
1968Operation FlotillaRhodesian Bush War
1969Operation ZetaPortuguese MozambiquePortuguese Colonial War
1970Operation AbanadelaCahora Bassa ReservoirMozambican War of Independence
1971Operation Gordian KnotPortuguese MozambiqueMozambican War of Independence
1972Operation PenadaCahora Bassa ReservoirMozambican War of Independence
1976Operation ElandRhodesian Bush War
1977Operation DingoChimoioRhodesian Bush War
1978Operation SnoopyChimoioRhodesian Bush War
1979Operation UricRhodesian Bush War
1979Operation MiracleChimoioRhodesian Bush War
1981Operation PunishmentManica ProvinceMozambican Civil War

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.