campaign, Cold War

Operation Mars (Portugal)

Name: Operation Mars (Portugal)
Location: Niassa Province, Mozambique

Operation Mars (Portugal) was a campaign fought in 1968 at Niassa Province, in what is now Mozambique. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Niassa Province. It was part of the Mozambican War of Independence, which ran from 1964 to 1974. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 19 commandos; 1 Do-27 recon plane; 1 T-6 trainer against 26 guerrillas.

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Fought1968

WhereNiassa Province, Mozambique13.250S, 36.500E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePortuguese victory

BelligerentsPortugalagainstFRELIMO

Casualties and losses1 killedand22 killed

Part ofMozambican War of Independence1964 to 1974

Where it sits in the Mozambican War of Independence

5 placed engagements of the Mozambican War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1968 (year precision)
Place	Niassa Province, Mozambique 13.250S, 36.500E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War
Strength	19 commandos; 1 Do-27 recon plane; 1 T-6 trainer	26 guerrillas
Casualties and losses	1 killed	22 killed

Placed at Niassa Province; 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

Maziua raid 1914, 180 km N
Battle of Lioma 1918, 217 km S
Battle of Ngomano 1917, 297 km NE
Battle of Matamondo 1916, 308 km NW
Siege of Mbombwe 1915, 311 km SW

In the same war

Before: Operation Eagle (Portugal) 1965
After: Operation Abanadela 1970
All 5 engagements of Mozambican War of Independence

Elsewhere in 1968

Tet Offensive Vietnam
Battle of Khe Sanh Vietnam
Battle of Karameh Jordan
Battle of Hue Vietnam
Blue House raid South Korea

Operation Mars (Portugal) 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 Q10341135, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Mars (Portugal), revision 1373292166, 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.